Putok (Filipino cuisine): Putok or star bread is a dense roll from the Philippines made from all-purpose flour, milk and salt. It is usually sprinkled with coarse white sugar, of the pearl sugar type.
It is a variant of pan de monja (monay) which is mainly distinguished by the crown or star-shaped top of the bread resulting from a cross-shaped cut on the dough before baking. The name literally means "explosion" or "crack" in the Tagalog language (*)....
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