For Lent, I finally cooked my mother’s capirotada recipe. It was OK — and that’s OK Maria de la Luz Arellano, making gorditas at her home in Anaheim in 2018.

2. Melt the butter and toss the cubed bread in the butter to coat the bread slightly and toast in the oven for 5 minutes 3. Combine water, piloncillo, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a large ...

CAPIROTADA RÚSTICA2 (8-ounce) piloncillo cones 3 cinnamon sticks, preferably canela 5 medium (approximately 7-inch) bolillos (Mexican French-bread rolls), in 1-inch slices 1/2 cup grated La ...

"No way." You can bet your bottom peso that if the subject is capirotada, sooner or later a grandmother enters the picture. Don't bother to ask for her recipe.

Norma Zaragoza’s pudding—her mom’s recipe—is a crusty, chewy-soft textural marvel studded with raisins, peanuts, and coconut. There’s also a secret ingredient in the syrup.

1/2 cup Mexican queso blanco, shredded or thinly sliced Cook’s notes: Piloncillo is a Mexican dark brown sugar with a high molasses content. 1. In a large saucepan, boil water with the next four ...

Petra's capirotada Recipe submitted by Juanita MORE! San Francisco, Calif. Ingredients 12 ounces of piloncillo, chopped (or light brown sugar) 2 1/4 cups water 1 cinnamon stick (4-inch) ...

His mother’s recipe seemed simple enough. So I decided to give it a try for a dinner party. It was an unmitigated disaster. Now granted, I made at least one significant mistake.

3. Capirotada, bread pudding soaked in piloncillo syrup, is baked with fresh guava, dried fruit and nuts. 4. Serve capirotada with whipped cream if you like.

I was trying to make capirotada, the bread pudding that Mexicans on both sides of the border prepare every Lent. I was already failing my late mother. In 2019, I […] ...

I wrote the eulogy to praise her while she was alive but also as a warning to the living: learn the wisdom of your elders before it’s too late. Accompanying the piece was a recipe for my Mami ...