Mystery Bread from Panadería?

[Lightchild247]

I was hoping somebody could help me with this. A co-worker of mine gave me this really amazing breakfast bread from the panadería one day, and I've got no idea what it's called. (Neither did he.) It was a round, yellowish bun that had a crisp crust. It tasted like it had cornflour, honey, cinnamon, possibly some other spices, and maybe a even a hint of orange in it. He told me it was best eaten toasted with butter. I'd love to be able to make something like this at home. Any help would be appreciated!

[duonyte]

This sounds wonderful, but I don't know what it is. Hopefully someone will recognize it.

[adopt a greyhound]

I found these pictures, maybe it could help narrow it down to the name of them.

http://www.panaleman.com/RollsandBunstheGermanBakeryinCostaRicaGuanacaste.htm

[Lightchild247]

Hmm, good idea. It was nothing like that- more in size and shape like a Concha, (which is another type of bread that you find at a Panadería), but not as dense and sweet as one, and without any topping. It was definitely a yeast bread. I'm wondering if something like this would give me a starting point:

http://www.recipezaar.com/Yeast-Cornbread-270067

[duonyte]

I also posted in the Mexican/Southwest forum.

That bread looks really good - it probably would make a good jumping off point.

[Mami J]

I posted a response in the Mexican forum

[Red Apple Guy]

Broa is a Portuguese cornbread that is yeasted. There are 6 recipes here for that.

[Lightchild247]

I saw those the other day. I may use one as a jumping off point.

[Rainbow - Chef 536866]

Interesting question. The word 'panaderia' is Spanish, so you are in a Spanish country? or you are in the USA in a Spanish neighborhood? Each Spanish c0untry has its own little style of breads. the conch shape reminds me of Portuguese rolls. It's hard to tell with just the info that you have given. Do you have a picture? Can someone in the panaderia tell you what it is?

[Lightchild247]

I'm in the USA, but nearly all of my coworkers are originally from Mexico. They sometimes share food with me, which was the case here. When I asked about it, they told me that the bread came from the panadería. I used to go to a panadería fairly regularly in a different town, but I don't remember noticing anything quite like this.

[Rainbow - Chef 536866]

ah! Where I am there are Hispanics from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia and all parts, including Spain. They all call the bakery a panaderia,, pan means bread. okay,, that probably narrows it down to Mexican breads.
They have a lot of kinds and shapes. This is a small bun-like thing,, with points on it?

[editted to add] Here are a couple of links to Mexican bread assortments. Do you see it in here?]

http://gabysbakery.com/es/images/stories/PANADERIA/2pan.png

herfe is where that link came from, with some more on their homepage:
http://gabysbakery.com/es/

Actually, this link has 'es' on it which means it's in Spain, but there is a section on Mexican products

http://www.elgallobakery.com/bakery-menu/pan-tipico-mexicano.html

hmmmm making me want some

[Lightchild247]

Thank you for your interest! It looked closest to the Semita de Polvo. (What does that translate to, anyway?)

[Rainbow - Chef 536866]

here is a link to a little story and recipe for pan de polvo. Polvo literally means dust,, and it looks here like it means dusting with sugar. See if the recipe looks like it could make what you have tasted:


http://www.caller2.com/autoconv/laonda98/laonda47.html

[Lightchild247]

It definitely wasn't a cookie, so I must have been looking at the wrong thing. Those sound good, though.

[Rainbow - Chef 536866]

The article uses the word 'cookie' in the beginning, but if you read on then it also uses the word 'bread'. Sometimes translations from one language into another are not exact. I got thrown off by the word 'cookie' at first also, but then I read further.
On checking my Spanish-English dictionary,, a cookie could mean a biscuit.
at any rate,, it remains a mystery