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Hojuelas Navideñas Chiapanecas
Ocozocoautla's Christmas hojuelas, the pañalitos del Niño Dios, are paper-thin wheat pastries scented with orange, fried until crisp, and finished with dark piloncillo miel.
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Hojaldras Chiapanecas
Chiapas panaderia hojaldras, built from wheat dough folded with manteca de cerdo, piloncillo, and canela until the layers bake crisp at the edges and tender in the middle.
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Empanadas de Cajeta de Comitán
Chiapas highland empanadas from Comitán, baked with a tender wheat and lard dough wrapped around slow-cooked cajeta de leche quemada, made for panadería trays and afternoon coffee.
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Turuletes Chiapanecos y Tabasqueños
Chiapas and Tabasco's market-plaza corn cookies, cut into diamonds, sweetened with piloncillo, enriched with manteca de cerdo, and baked until the edges turn firm and golden.
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Polvorones Chiapanecos
Highland Chiapas polvorones, crumbly wheat cookies worked with manteca de cerdo, sugar, and canela, sold in pink, yellow, and white rows in San Cristobal dulcerias.
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Nuégados Chiapanecos
Chiapas nuégados are small fried dough nuggets from the highland panadería basket, scented with orange juice, brushed with miel de abeja, and rolled in sugar until they shine.
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Buñuelos Tabasqueños
Tabasco's posada-season buñuelos are thin rectangular wheat pastries fried until blistered, then finished with canela sugar or a dark miel de piloncillo that belongs on the holiday table.
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Tabasqueñas de Canela
Tabasco's cinnamon sweet biscuits from Villahermosa panaderías, tender from yeast and manteca, finished with canela sugar for the afternoon coffee table.
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Empanadas de Piña de Comitán
Highland Chiapas empanadas from Comitán, folded around pineapple cooked down with piloncillo and canela, then baked until the pastry is pale gold, tender, and firm enough for a market basket.
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Galletas Comitecas
Chiapas highland biscuits from Comitán, tender with egg yolk and manteca de cerdo, baked pale blond and sturdy enough for coffee, the kind sold from Pilita Seca's wooden trays.
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