Café de Olla Pan Dulce

Stir yeast, warm water and 1 tablespoon sugar in a small glass bowl; allow to rest for 10 minutes.

Beat remaining 1/3 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons butter in a large mixing bowl. Slowly add in coffee granules, eggs, salt and yeast mixture. Add in 5 cups flour, 1 cup at a time, until incorporated. Knead dough gently for about 10 minutes with your hands. Dough will be very sticky. Place in greased large glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Divide dough into 12 pieces with floured hands and shape each into a ball. Place balls on prepared baking sheet with 1 ½ inches of space between each dough ball and allow to rise in warm place for about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350º F.

Prepare topping. Mix remaining 1/2 cup butter, powdered sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, remaining cup flour and vanilla extract in a food processor until smooth.

Form mixture into 12 balls. If using food coloring, pour 1 drop in a little well in each ball. Knead each piece to mix color in. Form into a disk large enough to cover each piece of prepared dough. Lightly press topping onto dough balls. Use the tip of a sharp knife to cut patterns into the topping, but not into the dough. Some options include: lines across the top, a criss-cross pattern or scalloped shell lines.

Bake for about 15 minutes or until bread and topping is lightly golden.