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    Filipino Breads and Bakery Favorites

    by Jolina | Published: February 15, 2023 | Last Updated: February 15, 2023 | 2 Comments
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    If you’re looking for the ultimate list of Filipino bread recipes and other bakery favorites, this is it! From pandesal to ensaymada to Spanish bread, find everything you need to make the best homemade bread here — ingredients, procedures, step-by-step pictures. I add a lot of baking tips and FAQs too!

    (Check out this delicious collection if you’re craving for Filipino desserts.)

    Photo collage with text overlay - collection of Filipino bread recipes.
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    Filipino Breads and Bakery Favorites
    How to Make Soft Pandesal - Easy Traditional Recipe
    How to Make Ube Pandesal (Plain, Cheese, Ube Jam)
    Easy Cheesy Filipino Ensaymada
    Ube Ensaymada (Easy Recipe, Tips and More)
    Ube Bread Rolls Recipe
    Filipino Spanish Bread Recipe
    Filipino Pan de Coco Recipe
    Ube Bars Recipe (Ube Bar Bread)
    The Best Pianono Roll Cake (Easy Recipe)
    Taisan (Filipino Chiffon Cake Recipe)
    Filipino Egg Pie Recipe (with step-by-step photos)
    Puto Recipe: How to Make Puto Cheese and More!
    Cheese Bars Filipino Recipe
    Easy Cheese Cupcakes Recipe
    Baked Ube Donuts Recipe
    Ube Muffins Recipe (step-by-step photos)

    If you love baking traditional Filipino breads and pastries, you’ve come to the right place. 

    Filipino bread can range from the classic and simple — like pandesal, which doesn’t contain eggs and ube bars, which is made without yeast — to really special ones they can almost be considered dessert, like ube bread and pan de coco.

    We also have bakery favorites here – typical treats you’ll find at your local panaderia like egg pie and pianono.

    Whatever you decide to try, hope you enjoy! These recipes are tried and tested and taste just like the ones from home.

    Filipino Breads and Bakery Favorites

    This is the only Filipino bread list you need. Recipes include the classic breakfast bread, pandesal and Filipino sweet rolls like Spanish bread. You’ll also find your local bakery favorites like pianono and egg pie. Enjoy!

    How to Make Soft Pandesal - Easy Traditional Recipe

    Arguably the most famous and the most popular bread in the Philippines, pandesal is also one of the easiest to make at home. You’ll only need simple ingredients like all purpose flour, yeast, milk and bread crumbs that pandesal is known for.

    How to Make Ube Pandesal (Plain, Cheese, Ube Jam)

    If you want to mix things up, make a batch of ube cheese pandesal. It’s a delicious variation to the classic pandesal and is often filled with cheese, ube jam, or left plain. Good news is, it’s just as easy to make!

    Easy Cheesy Filipino Ensaymada

    Ensaymada is a soft and tender Filipino bread roll filled and sprinkled with butter, sugar and cheese. It’s wonderfully sweet and salty and perfect for special occasions.

    Ube Ensaymada (Easy Recipe, Tips and More)

    Ube ensaymada is another kind of Filipino sweet bread. Similar to cheese ensaymada but filled with ube jam or ube halaya.

    Ube Bread Rolls Recipe

    Ube bread rolls definitely fall under the dessert bread category. These soft and fluffy buns are filled with ube and served with toasted coconut. Imagine your favorite cinnamon rolls, but ube!

    Filipino Spanish Bread Recipe

    Another pinoy favorite is Spanish bread. Despite the name, Spanish bread is as Filipino as you can get! Widely availably in local panaderias, it’s a sweet bread roll with a buttery, sugary filling that’s covered in bread crumbs then baked until golden brown and delicious.

    Filipino Pan de Coco Recipe

    Of all the types of bread in the Philippines, pan de coco is definitely in my top 3. They are sweet buns — they almost look like dinner rolls — with a sweet and sticky coconut filling. They’re easy to make and even easier to eat!

    Ube Bars Recipe (Ube Bar Bread)

    Ube bars or ube bar bread — also called alembong in some provinces — are slices of bread dipped in ube syrup then coated with coconut. You don’t need yeast to make the bread and you don’t need to knead the dough either. They are a breeze to make!

    The Best Pianono Roll Cake (Easy Recipe)

    Pianono is usually sold in slices in your neighborhood panaderia, though you can also buy a whole roll from some bigger bakeries. The Filipino equivalent of a Swiss roll or jelly roll cake, it’s wonderfully light and filled with butter and sugar.

    Taisan (Filipino Chiffon Cake Recipe)

    Taisan is the Filipino version of vanilla chiffon cake. It's incredibly soft and tender, light as air, brushed with butter and sprinkled with sugar and cheese. Simple but delicious!

    Filipino Egg Pie Recipe (with step-by-step photos)

    Like pianono, egg pie is usually sold in slices but you’re treated to a whole pie on special occasions. Authentic Filipino egg pie is beautifully torched on top, has a creamy egg custard filling, on a simple pie crust. So good.

    Puto Recipe: How to Make Puto Cheese and More!

    Puto, or Filipino steamed rice cakes, are not only available in bakeries but in local markets and street vendors too (these are the best ones IMO). They’re soft and fluffy and available in a wide variety of flavors from plain white, puto cheese, putong ube, with itlog na pula, and more.

    Cheese Bars Filipino Recipe

    Cheese bars are made with salty cheddar cheese for a unique, delicious, sweet and salty treat. The ones I used to buy were a little dense and bland though, so these cheese bars a fantastic upgrade. Still the cheese bars we know, but better!

    Easy Cheese Cupcakes Recipe

    Cheese cupcakes are made with condensed milk and cheddar cheese and is a popular Filipino treat. Perfectly sweet and salty with a light and tender texture, you won’t need or miss the frosting here. 

    Baked Ube Donuts Recipe

    While the donuts of my childhood were fried and dipped in sugar, the donuts I love now are these ube donuts. They’re baked, not fried, and packed with ube flavor. I also provide three delicious topping options for the ultimate ube treat.

    Ube Muffins Recipe (step-by-step photos)

    If you’re a fan of ube and muffins for breakfast, these ube muffins are for you! Soft but firm, topped with a sweet coconut crumble and filled with a generous helping of ube halaya.

    I hope you like this recipe collection. Bookmark it for easy reference! And come back often as I add more recipes to it.

    Happy baking!

    Did you make one of these recipes? What’s your favorite? I’d love to hear all about it. Leave a comment or tag me on Instagram or Facebook. I’d love to see your creations!

    You can also find me on Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube.

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    1. Amy Liu Dong

      March 19, 2023 at 8:52 am

      These Filipino bread recipes are all delicious most especially the ube bars. So excited to make this at home.

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    2. Jamie

      March 19, 2023 at 4:40 am

      Wow! These are an amazing compilation of Filipino bread and pastry! Everything looks amazingly delicious and very yummy! Plus this bread is totally good-looking making them so enticing and tempting! I just love to try them all!

      Reply

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