My Grandma's Recipe: The Flying Saucer

*Note: Filipino words are hyperlinked or translated below.

One of my resolutions this year is to learn how to cook.

I was so proud when I cooked paella. 

Yey!

Today I decided to do a simple Filipino breakfast treat–the Flying Saucer.

Ensaymada

All you need is some ensaymada (click here for the recipe), which you can buy in any panaderya. 

Star Margarine Sweet Blended

I like adding Star Margarine sweet blended mixture to the already buttery and sugary ensaymada. You can also use Star Margarine original then add sugar. Butter or other Margarine brands can substitute for Star Margarine, but those choices will not have the traditional Filipino taste.

Fry the ensaymadas

Use a spatula to flatten the ensaymadas while you fry them. Both the sugary side and the underside must come into contact with the frying pan.

Flying Saucers. Yey!

Wait until the sugar is cooked into a glaze.

I prefer them a little burnt

Fry them a little longer, so they’ll have a burnt sugary glaze. Now you have your yummy Flying saucers!

That’s what I learned from my lola.

My lola when she was a young girl.

How about you, what do you love eating for breakfast?

For more about food, check out these links:

• A Childhood in Batangas: Eating Mangoes
• The Kalamay Effect

For more about the Philippines, check out these links:

• Why Do You Speak English?
• To Walk the Streets of Manila
• Normal na Buhay
• Preacher on the Bus

For more about my awesome family, click on these links:

• Conversations With Lola: Aling Dionisia’s Illness
• My Mother’s Top Five Weird Habits
• Annika’s Great Escapes
• Finding Jaja
• Juancho Threw a Rock at Me
• A Childhood in Batangas: My Wound is Bigger than Yours, Belat
• Ja and Annika: The Violent Little Kids
• Annika’s Childhood Crush

[1] I do not know why they are called Flying saucers. If you know why, leave a comment below.

[2] A panaderya is a local bakery shop.

[3] Lola means grandma.

Check out my other blog categories.

Check out The REaD Hunter, an online bookstore that sells second-hand books through Facebook. We ship books all over Metro Manila and selected provinces in the Philippines. Orders made during the week are shipped every Saturday. We accept payment through MLhuillier and Gcash.

Age of the Diary by Jasmine T. Cruz. If you like this post, please subscribe to this blog. Follow Ja on Twitter: ageofthediary. Email Ja at: ageofthediary@gmail.com.