There are some things I will happily leave to the professionals, and recreating my favorite panader\u00eda treats is usually one of them!<\/p>\n
But Pillsbury has decided to make things a little easier for those of us who want the taste of the panader\u00eda without actually knowing how to bake like someone’s abuelita.<\/p>\n
I was recently walking through the baking aisle when a few boxes immediately caught my attention: Mexican Wedding Cookies, Chocoflan and Cortadillo Cake.<\/p>\n
Yes, cortadillo from a box!<\/p>\n
As someone from El Paso, seeing these familiar Mexican treats sitting alongside the regular cake and brownie mixes definitely made me stop.<\/p>\n
El Paso Panader\u00eda Favorites You Can Now Make at Home<\/p>\n
If you grew up around El Paso, you probably know the feeling: you walk into a panader\u00eda and before you’ve even had a chance to look at what’s behind the glass, the smell hits you.<\/p>\n
Fresh bread. Cookies. Cakes. All those sugary, buttery smells mixing together and immediately making you want something you probably weren’t planning on buying five minutes earlier.<\/p>\n
Then comes the difficult part: deciding what you’re actually taking home.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s a bag filled with Mexican wedding cookies covered in powdered sugar. Maybe you’re grabbing a slice of cortadillo with that bright pink frosting on top. And if there’s chocoflan involved, good luck convincing yourself you don’t need some of that, too.<\/p>\n
Those trips to the panader\u00eda are tied to a lot of memories for people in El Paso, which is why seeing those same familiar treats represented in the baking aisle feels kind of fun.<\/p>\n
And now, instead of your car smelling like the panader\u00eda on the drive home, you could theoretically get your entire house smelling like one!<\/p>\n
The appeal here is pretty obvious. Instead of starting completely from scratch, the mixes give home bakers a much easier way to try making some of these familiar Mexican desserts themselves.<\/p>\n
And I have to admit, there is something pretty cool about the idea of putting one in the oven and having that fresh-baked smell filling your house.<\/p>\n
Whether what comes out of my oven actually resembles what’s pictured on the box is another matter entirely!<\/p>\n