Christmas Milk Pastilles (Pamaskong Pastillas de Leche)

I had been wanting to start this food blog for months now and today the opportunity simply presented itself to me. Mudrah decided to make some of her famous home made pastillas de leche which she would be giving out as a Christmas gift to some really lucky people.  So that's how it is, I cancelled whatever it is that I was supposed to do early today and decided to blog about this first.

Pastillas de Leche

The pastillas packed and ready for delivery

Ingredients:

2 cups skim or powdered milk

1 cup powdered sugar

1/3 cup evaporated milk (heated and cooled)

Granulated sugar for rolling

Procedure:

1)     Mix the powdered milk and sugar then sift.

The mixed and sifted skimmed milk and powdered sugar

2)    Bind the sifted powdered milk and sugar with evaporated milk.  Mix until well blended.

3)   Once the mixture is well blended, form and roll in granulated sugar.  Place each piece on a tray to air dry for a few minutes.

5)    Wrap the finished product in glazing paper.

Yields approximately 60 pieces (ideally 10 grams per piece).  The product is best after 1-2 days when it has dried and hardened a bit more according to Mudrah.  I could not wait for 1-2 days, but still the pastillas was really good!