The end of the year is coming, and one of the most Mexican traditions for this season is to enjoy a Rosca de Reyes with family and friends. Then, at Los Cinco Soles, your gourmet boutique, where we are proud to offer you the most exquisite Mexican delicatessen, we want to share with you this recipe of a delicious vanilla Rosca de Reyes, of course with our gourmet vanilla, which will pleasantly surprise your palate.

Important details of the Rosca de Reyes

In case, you have always wondered why we cut a Rosca on the 6th of January in Mexico, we have to start by explaining that even though it has lost its religious value with the years, for Mexico and some countries in Latin America, the Rosca de Reyes symbolizes the search of the Wise Men for the Baby Jesus and every detail of the rosca is given with the birth of Jesus on mind. For example, the doll represents the baby Jesus, while the circular shape of the rosca the eternal love of God. In addition, the nuts represent the jewels embedded in the crowns of the Holy Kings.

Now after knowing all this, don’t you feel like making your own Rosca de Reyes  and at Los Cinco Soles we invite you to make it in these steps and to eliminate all complications to order our premium vanilla extract online. Just click here.

Ingredients

1. 60 mL warm milk
2. 115 g flour
3. 100 g powdered sugar
4. 50 g butter
5. 50 g vegetable shortening
6. 1 pinch of salt
7. 85 g eggs
8. 100 g butter at room temperature
9. 50 g sugar
10. 10 g fresh yeast or 5 g dry yeast
11. 250 g flour
12. 210 g flour
13. 10 tablespoons of Los Cinco Soles gourmet vanilla
14. 1/2 orange zest
15. 2 g salt
16. 85 g egg
17. 100 g butter at room temperature
18. 50 g sugar
19. 10 g fresh yeast or 5 g dry yeast
20. 60 mL warm milk
21. 3 plastic dolls

Instructions

1. Sift the flour and set aside.
2. Mix the milk with the yeast, one tablespoon of sugar and four tablespoons of flour.
3. With the help of the mixer, incorporate the flour and then the milk mixture (ferment), the egg and butter, as well as the zest and salt.
4. Once the dough has rested, remove it from the bowl and divide it into four equal parts. With the help of a rolling pin and a little flour, roll out the dough on the table so that there are uniform rectangles of the same size. Distribute the plastic dolls among the rolls so that they are evenly distributed.
5. Braid the dough and form a doughnut in the baking pan. Seal the edges with egg like in the picture below,
6. With the help of two waxed papers, place a portion of dough to decorate and stretch to form a rectangle that covers the donut vertically.
7. Place four-five portions of dough to decorate, and let it rest for 15 minutes covered with a semi-wet cloth.
8. Bake the dough in a preheated oven at 190 oC for 45 minutes or until it takes an even golden color and the piece is well cooked.
9. Remove from the oven, allowing it to cool and decorate with cherries, powdered sugar or any fruit of your choice and don’t forget to add vanilla strips, so that everyone knows that it is something different, that it has gourmet vanilla from Los Cinco Soles, Cancun, Cozumel and Merida, and enjoy it with a hot chocolate as the tradition says