Sweet Tamales repost of recipe from files Sissy's recipe

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Sweet Tamales

 

32 dried corn husks

1 cup vegetable shortening

1 teaspoon salt

3 cups masa harina mix

1 1/2 cups warm water

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2/3 cup chopped pecans

2/3 cup raisins or dried cranberries (try cranberries

for a new taste)

 

Soak husks for usually about 3 hours. Place heavy

item on husks to keep them under the water. For

tamale dough:

Beat vegetable shortening and salt until fluffy.

Slowly beat in masa mix alternately with water until

very light and fluffy. Add brown sugar, baking

powder, cinnamon and nutmeg, mixing until well

blended.

 

To assemble tamales: Drain corn husks; pat dry.

Spread 2 tablespoons dough on the center of the husks,

forming a 3 x 2-inch rectangle and spreading

completely to right edge. Spoon 1 teaspoon each

pecans and raisins or cranberries lengthwise down

center of rectangle. Fold and steam

 

 

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Strange days indeed

most peculiar

Mama.

Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high

Everybody's flying and never touch the sky

There's Ufo's over New York and I ain't too surprised.

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Source: John Lennon - Nobody Told Me