Filipino Dessert Recipes

 » Yemas

Yemas

Ingredients :

  • 12 egg yolks
  • 1 can (410 mL) condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar, for coating
  • cellophane, for wrapping
(Cooking Conversion Tables)

Cooking Procedures :

  1. Combine the egg yolks and condensed milk in a saucepan (preferably nonstick). Stir continuously over low heat for about 30 minutes or until firm.
  2. Transfer to a plate and let it cool before forming into balls. Scoop out about 1 tbsp. of the mixture and shape into a small ball. Continue with the remaining of the mixture.
  3. Place sugar in a bowl and roll the yemas ball to coat them. Place each candy in the middle of a squared cellophane, gather all four corners and twist together to secure. Alternatively, place coated balls into an airtight container.
  4. Makes about 20 candies.

Check Out More

Filipino Desserts

Have You Tried These Other Filipino Dessert Recipes ?

Suman Moron is a smoother variety of suman. This chocolate moron that is made up of ground glutinous rice also known as “malagkit” being cooked in coconut milk. Moron can either be mixed or plain with cocoa or chocolate. Ingredients : 1/2 cup malagkit (glutinous) rice 1-1/2 cup ordinary rice 3/4 cup [...]

Maruya (BananaFritters)

This version of Maruya is one that I usually buy for my merienda when I was in the Philippines. I sometimes buy them in a bamboo stick or in a hand fan shape coated with sugar. But their where times that after siesta, my mom will cook us maruya in our merienda before playing outside during summer time. Ingredient[...]

Ingredients : 1 cup rice, uncooked 1/2 cup mongo sugar water oil, for deep frying Cooking Procedures : Soak rice overnight in water, then grind.  Wrap in cheesecloth and hang to drip.  On the other hand, boil mongo and mash. Dissolve 1/3 cup sugar in 1/8 cupwater, then add mixture to mashed mongo.  Cook over[...]

Ingredients : 1 cup glutinous rice flour 1/2 cup dried tapioca pearls 2-1/2 cups coconut milk 10 cups water 2-1/2 cups sweet potato, peeled and cubed 1 cup sugar 3 ripe saba (plantain) bananas, sliced into rounds 5 fresh or canned jackfruit, cut into strips Cooking Procedures : Prepare Bilo-bilo (Rice Balls): Com[...]

  Ingredients: 1 box of Graham crackers 1 box of Graham crumbs (optional) 2 small cans Nestle cream 1 can of Condensed milk 1 can of Evaporated milk 6 ripe mangoes, sliced Instructions: Prepare a rectangular glass dish with or without lid. In a bowl, whisk Nestle cream until smooth. Add the condensed and eva[...]

2 Responses to “Yemas”

Read below or add a comment...

  1. YOLANDA G. RODRIGUEZ says:
    December 30, 2016 at 10:42 am

    THANK YOU FOR THIS YUMMY RCIPE
  2. Maricris says:
    November 7, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    my classmates and I selling some of this Filipino recipe in our school. You know what?? our yema and pastillas are buyable in students and said that it was delicious..tnx for showing us those recipe..:)

Leave A Comment...

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.