Yemas, Spanish egg yolk sweets
Spanish sweets: hard-boiled egg yolks cooked in a cinnamon and lemon syrup, rolled into small balls and coated in sugar.
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Ingredients and directions
- Prep time10 min
- Cook time20 min
- Resting20 min
- Total50 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodsaucepan
- Estimated cost$4.86 $1.22 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
- $3.84
- $0.40
- $0.13
- $0.11
- $0.38
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- In a saucepan, combine 10 tablespoons of water, sugar, and cinnamon, and make a simple syrup (a single drop, formed between your fingers, creates a small ball). ≈ 10 min
- Beat the yolks, the whole egg, and the zest. ≈ 4 min
- Pour, and cook, whisking constantly until the yolks are thick.
- Remove from the heat, pour the dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and let it cool.
- Roll it into a long, thick log, sprinkle it with powdered sugar, and cut it into 24 equal pieces. ≈ 10 min
- Make the balls by hand, roll them in sugar, and place them in paper boxes or wrap them in cellophane. ≈ 10 min
The bill
Yemas, Spanish egg yolk sweets
- 11 egg yolks$3.84
- 1 whole egg$0.40
- 180 grams of sugar$0.13
- The zest of half a lemon, grated$0.11
- 100 g of powdered sugar$0.38
Total$4.86
that's $1.22 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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