Oven-Baked Sopes (masa cups)
Shared by: Plan to Eat Blog
Yield: 12 cups
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously grease two 12 cup muffin pans with 1/4 cup coconut oil or lard per pan.
Combine the masa, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Make a well and pour in the 1 1/2 cups water, egg, and melted fat. Whisk the wet ingredients with a fork inside the well and then bring the dry ingredients in and continue to mix until the dough becomes cohesive. If it is still dry add more water, one tablespoon at a time, until it forms a soft, but not overly sticky, dough. Knead this dough for a couple of minutes just to pull it all together.
Divide this dough in half and then divide each half into 12 evenly-sized balls. Place each ball into a prepared muffin cup and push the down down and up the sides to create a cup shape that is as even in thickness as you can manage. Repeat with the remaining dough balls and muffin cups.
Place pans in preheated oven and bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until they turn golden brown around the edges and are dry at the bottom of the cup (minus any residual coconut oil).
Remove from oven and allow to cool in muffin pans for about 10 minutes before serving or moving to cooling rack. Stuff with eggs and meat, beans and cheese, or vegetables and guacamole as an appetizer or main dish.