November 30, 2011 by Kendrick
Kabayan, Kababayan, or Puto-puto. These little Filipino muffins are sold in any bakery here in the Philippines. One of the popular bakery staples, the kabayan is a personal favorite. I love these little munchkins so much that I can finish 5-7 in one sitting.
I’ve been wanting to to bake some but I couldn’t find a recipe online. Until I stumbled uponthis site. The recipe is actually simpler and resembles a typical American muffin except for the brown sugar and oil substitution.
With a few tweaks, here’s my kabayan recipe:
You need:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup cooking oil
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- melted butter for greasing the pan
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
- Add this mixture into the dry ingredients and mix just until well combined.
- Grease the muffin pans with melted butter.
- Transfer the mixture into the greased muffin pans using an ice cream scoop or spoon full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until brown.
- Remove from muffin pans and cool on wire racks.
A typical kabayan has the shape similar to that of a Mexican sombrero with a bump on thesurface. Mine turned out just with a round top and without a bump. I don’t know what happened. Nonetheless, they taste GREAT! Even better than the ones sold in bakeries. And really really moist like a cupcake, with the rich and full-bodied flavor of a muffin.
Enjoy!
Posted in , Cakes, Cupcakes, Good Eats, Recipes | 17 Comments
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on February 18, 2014 at 1:25 PM | Reply
BenedictI wish you wouldn’t compare kababayan to cupcakes, which are too sweet and crumbly. There’s nothing like kababayan.
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on February 18, 2014 at 3:08 PM | Reply
KendrickThere wasn’t anything wrong with my comparison. I just said it was ‘really really moist like a cupcake’ because it really was. That was the closest description I could find, hence the ‘comparison’. But yes, kababayans are way way better than cupcakes and muffins 🙂
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on February 24, 2014 at 7:38 AM | Reply
garfieldmdi did this last night. I halved the baking soda and I got that bump at the middle although not as high as the ones from the bakery. Just wanted to know if you meant loosely- or lightly- or tightly -packed brown sugar? mine came out a bit lacking in sweetness and i did loosely packed.
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on February 24, 2014 at 9:15 AM | Reply
KendrickThat’s cool! I’m gonna try that too and see if I get a bump too 🙂 Sorry, it should be tightly packed brown sugar.
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on April 20, 2015 at 5:14 PM | Reply
AnneMDHi chef! Unfortunately, I out of vanilla extract, can do the recipe without it? Or should I use a substitute for the mean time? Thank you. Cheers! 🙂
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on April 20, 2015 at 5:35 PM | Reply
KendrickHi! While you can do the recipe without it, the vanilla gives this a very wonderful aroma which heightens the flavor of the muffins. 🙂
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on August 28, 2015 at 3:26 PM | Reply
EvaExcellent recipe! !! I visited my girlfriend who’s Filipino,she baked this
recipe.excellent ,LikeLike
on August 28, 2015 at 4:09 PM | Reply
KendrickThank you 🙂
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on September 19, 2015 at 4:41 AM | Reply
janiei don’t have baking soda, i tried without it though. What’s the difference if there’s baking soda? thanks
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on September 19, 2015 at 8:51 AM | Reply
KendrickBaking soda is a leavening agent. It helps baked goods to rise. Hope this helps 🙂
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on October 19, 2015 at 5:16 PM | Reply
CaiHi, chef!
I increased the temp to 400F and shortened the baking time to 8-10mins. to achieve the peaks By the way, I used 1oz muffin tins.
Thanks for this tasty recipe! 🙂LikeLike
on October 19, 2015 at 7:25 PM | Reply
KendrickWow!!! Thanks so much for the info!!! Cant wait to try this recipe again 🙂
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on March 22, 2016 at 12:04 PM | Reply
AmorHappy to have found this recipe in the computer for someone like me who is being nostalgic. In my town Carmona, Cavite we call this “kalahi”.
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on July 26, 2017 at 1:03 PM | Reply
RonaCan i substitute milk to water?
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on November 18, 2019 at 3:20 PM | Reply
KendrickJust a little difference in flavor, but yes. You can do that 🙂
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