Cafe De La Olla Atole: Delicious 5 Ingredient Recipe For The Cold Days

Today, I am sharing how to make cafe de la olla atole. If you know what atole is, you know it’s delicious.

What is atole?

I mentioned this before, but this beverage is a warm drink often made with milk or water and thickened with cornstarch. Typically this is made during colder months, but you can make it year-round if you’d like.

Cafe De La Olla Atole

Ingredients

• Milk or Water
• Brown sugar or piloncillo
• cinnamon stick
• Nescafe
• Cornstarch

Instructions

Step 1

Set the stovetop to a low medium heat level. Pour milk into the pot and add the cinnamon stick.

Step 2

Add Instant Nescafe to taste, I added 1 spoon because I don’t drink too much coffee. Along with the Nescafe add brown sugar or the sweetener you prefer. Stir with a whisk occasionally.

Step 3

In a different bowl, add 2 tsp of corn starch and pour a splash of cold milk. Stir with a fork until it has no clumps.

Step 4

Slowly pour the cornstarch and mixture into the pot while stirring until it becomes thickened.

Step 5

You can take the cinnamon stick out if you’d like, I keep mine in. Pour into your mug and enjoy.

How to Serve

Atole is most often served with either pan dulce or tamales. Pan dulce is a sweet bread, there are several types such as conchas, cuernos, empanadas, and many more. They all have flour, butter, and sugar. Tamales are steamed corn dough wrapped in a corn husk and filled with different types of meat and sauces. They also make veggie tamales our favorite tamal is poblano peppers with cheese- check out the recipe here!

I remember drinking this while eating tamales every Sunday after church in Mexico, the most delicious treat and a wonderful memory!