Masa harina dessert recipes

These masa harina recipes range from dinner and bread to dessert. It's the unsung hero of Mexican cuisine, responsible for tamales, tortillas, and more.

These cookies are fragrant from the cinnamon and heady with the cocoa, crisp on the outside from the cinnamon sugar they’re rolled in before baking, and soft on the inside.

These coricos cookies have a nice crumbly texture, and subtle spiced aroma, and are sweetened with piloncillo. They are naturally gluten-free and perfect to

These colorful masa cookies are chewy on the inside and perfectly sweet. They are inspired by our favorite Mexican-fusion restaurant, Centro.

Chef Alan Delgado wanted to incorporate masa into as many dishes as possible at restaurant Xilonen. The masa adds lovely floral notes to these pancakes. When shopping for gluten-free flour for this brunch recipe, make sure to buy one that lists xanthan gum as one of its ingredients. These are usually indicated as cup-for-cup or one-to-one type flours. The xanthan gum helps bind everything, creating structure so that the pancakes come out light and fluffy.

Cajeta is a type of dulce de leche, but it's made with goat's milk for special flavor. Find it online or in specialty stores.

I’ve said before on the blog that one of my favorite things in the world to bake and eat are sugar cookies. While I do have my old faithful recipe that I always have to fall back on, I’…

Without the miracle of masa harina, tortillas, tamales, and other Mexican dishes would not exist. Learn more about this corn dough flour.

This is the easiest tortilla sopapilla recipe. I love sopapillas, but sometimes I want to make a quick dessert. These sopapillas are super easy because you made them with a tortilla.

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