Pan de yuca, also known as cheese bread or yuca bread, are yummy melt in your mouth warm breads made with cheese and yuca or cassava starch
Prep time: PT15M
Cook time: PT10M
Total time: PT25M
Rating
4.75 stars (1075 reviews)
Keywords
Cassava cheese bread, Pan de yuca, Yuca bread
Ingredients
2 ½ cups yuca or cassava starch - sometimes also called yuca flour or tapioca starch/flour
4 cups grated mozzarella cheese (can also use half mozzarella & half queso fresco or quesillo)
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 stick of butter (4 oz or 113 grams, room temperature, cut into 8 pieces)
2 large eggs
2-4 tablespoons of water (or milk, add more if the dough is dry)
Tree tomato hot sauce
Categories
Appetizer
Bread
Brunch
Snack
Cuisine
Ecuadorian
Latin
South American
Steps
Combine the yuca starch or flour, cheese, baking powder and salt in a food processor, blend to mix well.
Add the butter and eggs.
Mix until small dough balls begin to form, if it's too dry add 1-2 tablespoons of water or milk. Add more if needed.
Remove the dough from the food processor and roll into a ball, you can make the dough ahead and store in the refrigerator for up to a day.
To make the dough by hand, combine all the ingredients in large bowl, using melted (cooled down) butter, and mix until you have a smooth dough. It's actually very easy to prepare by hand.
Pre-heat the oven to 500 F.
Make small round shaped breads with the dough and place on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Bake immediately or store in the fridge until ready to bake. I find that they turn out best if you do let them chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes before baking.
Once the oven reaches 500F, turn on broiler, place the breads on the middle rack and bake until the breads are golden, about 5-7 minutes. Another option is to pre-heat the oven to 400F and bake at 400F for about 5 minutes and then turn on the broiler.
Serve immediately, can be served alone or with tree tomato aji.
Reviews
Lorraine on 2026-02-18 (5 stars): I doubled the recipe and mixed by hand since my food processor is broken. Took a little longer but so worth the extra work!! They turned out delicious!