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10 Ways to Use Piloncillo {Mexican Brown Sugar}

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Piloncillo

Every year… right around this time of the year, my mother in law and I both have Piloncillo sitting on our kitchen counter. 

We use it to make Atole around the holidays – she usually buys a ton of it at Food City and splits it with me since she gets there more than I do.

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As much as we love it, I don’t think too many people really know what it is and what it is used for …. I’m hoping I can give you enough encouragement to try it out yourself – you may just discover some NEW ways to use it at home when you cook.

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Piloncillo is an unrefined Mexican Sugar made from cane sugar – it’s made by boiling and evaporating cane juice – you can find it in the grocery store pressed in blocks, or sold in cones – we get ours at Food City so it’s widely available. I know you can get it at Safeway too but it’s quite a bit more expensive (and sold in a package of 2) – the one at Food City is sold by the pound.  I paid $3 for 2 cones at Safeway last week because I wasn’t willing to drive to Food City. 

It’s a great sub for anything that requires brown sugar..

To use it you will need to chop or grate it, and then either heat it (or, add to your recipes once you grate it).  Unlike sugar in the U.S., Piloncillo is UNREFINED – it’s pure sugar, no additives.  In recipes, you will usually see it requested in pounds – 1 pound is equivalent to 2 of the 8 oz cones.

Around here, we use it to make Atole… it’s really easy to make, and I usually use my Dutch Oven to do it on the stove.

  • 1/2 C. Masa
  • 4 1/2 C. Water
  • 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
  • 2 Sticks of Cinnamon
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 5 tbsp Piloncillo (I use 2 small cones)

I mix the Masa with some cold water until it is NOT lumpy, then then add the other items to the pot and put on the stove to bring to a boil. Once at a boil, reduce to low and cook until dissolved. It should be thick!  (Sometimes we use Evaporated Milk but only when we have it).

(One thing you don’t want to do is grate or shred & measure that way.. because that’s extremely inaccurate…)

If you end up with TOO much on your Kitchen Counter like I have… here are TEN other ways to use Piloncillo:

  1. Gorditas de Piloncillo (Huffington Post)
  2. Mini Piloncillo Banana Bread (Lou Lou Biscuit)
  3. Piloncillo Fried Gorditas (Fine Cooking)
  4. Cinnamon & Piloncillo Cookies (Magnolia Days)
  5. Gorditas de Pioncillo (Hispanic Kitchen)
  6. Camotes Enmielado – Candied Sweet Potatoes (Betty Crocker)
  7. Mexican Bread Pudding (NBC Latino)
  8. Piloncillo Caramelized Carrots (Que Rica Vida)
  9. Beer Glazed Chicken (Feastie)
  10. Goat Cheese with Chile Morita & Piloncillo Sauce (Epicurious)

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Comments

  1. Dana says

    December 18, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    How cool – I’ve never known anything about it.

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  2. Keith says

    December 18, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    nos encanta, es una parte de la tradición gastronómica en el sur y centro de Texas

    Reply
  3. silshu says

    December 19, 2014 at 1:04 am

    I buy that from Food City too…to substitute my Indonesian palm sugar. Indonesian palm sugar also has the same color and texture but it is normally sold in cylindrical shape, not cones. I didn’t know it’s called Piloncillo…great to know! Thanks! So what is Atole?

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