My Quesitos are pastries that are the result of years of recipe development. I’ve toiled many hours in the kitchen to get them just right. Because the filling is quite simple to make, the issue was mainly with the dough. I was just never happy with them. But, as always, perseverance paid off, and the…
Latin American
Mallorcas- Puerto Rican Breakfast Sweet Rolls
This is a revamp of my Mallorcas recipe, which I first posted in January 2017. The recipe is still the same as before, I just updated the earlier ghastly pictures. Enjoy! Guess what the hardest thing about being bi-racial is? It’s having more than one amazing cuisine to love. I kid. There are much…
Pastelillos de Guayaba (Guava Turnovers)
I swear I almost choked to death the first time I had Pastelillos de Guayaba (pahs-tay-LEE-yos de gwa-YA-bah). Bakeries in Puerto Rico and NYC love to douse these guava turnovers with an obscene amount of powdered sugar. You’re bound to inhale it and choke. It’s so amazing. And it’s worth choking on because the taste-reward…
