Mexican dessert recipes offer the best of Mexican cuisine. The tasty combinations of typical Mexican spices gives a wonderful flavor to these desserts. There is a reason that these Mexican dessert recipes are timeless. And that reason is because they are great and memorable desserts showing their heritage. Enjoy these fine Mexican dessert recipes.
Bread Pudding
Ingredients:
• 1 1/4 cup shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack Cheese
• 1/3 cup silvered almonds
• 6 pieces of bread (toasted and broken into pieces)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cups raisins
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cup water
How to:
• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Grease a 1 1/2 quart round casserole dish
• Using a saucepan, mix brown sugar and cinnamon
• Heat to boiling, stir occasionally
• Boil uncovered for 3 mins, stirring
• Add in cheese, raisins and almonds
• Remove and set aside
• Spread 1/3 bread pieces in the casserole dish
• Sprinkle 1/3 of cheese mixture over
• Repeat with bread pieces and mixture at least twice
• Pour sugar syrup over layers
• Bake for 20 to 25 mins
• Test for doneness when knife is inserted in center and comes away clean
Cinnamon Chocolate Ice Cream Pie
Ingredients:
• 1 quart cinnamon, vanilla or chocolate ice cream (softened)
• 20 chocolate Oreo wafer cookies (crumbled)
• 1/4 cup margarine or butter (melted)
Cinnamon Chocolate Sauce
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
How to:
• In a bowl, mix the cookie crumbs and margarine or butter
• Using an ungreased pan (8 X 2 inches), press the cookie mixture onto the bottom
• Freeze for 10 to 20 mins
• Spoon the softened ice cream into the cookie crumb mixture and smooth the top
• Cover and freeze dessert for 2 hours or till firm
• Run a spatula along the side of the pan to loosen then remove completely from pan
• Serve dessert with cinnamon chocolate sauce
• To make the cinnamon chocolate sauce, heat the whipping cream, sugar and chocolate to a boil
• Stir constantly, do not let chocolate burn
• Boil and stir for 30 seconds or till chocolate is completely melted
• Remove from heat and stir in ground cinnamon
• You can either serve the cinnamon chocolate sauce warm or cool
Cinnamon Shortbread
Ingredients:
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup almonds (toasted)
• 150g butter (softened at room temperature)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup raw sugar
How to:
• Preheat oven to moderate
• Brush an oven tray with melted butter or oil, line base with greased paper
• Combine the plain and self-raising flour in a food processor and pulse for a few secs
• Add in almonds, raw sugar, butter and egg
• Process for 1 min or till mixture comes to form a dough
• Form 3 level tbsp of the mixture into balls
• Flatten the balls between the palms of both your hands (to shape round biscuits)
• Place on prepared tray
• Sprinkle biscuits with sugar and cinnamon
• Bake in oven for 10 mins
• Cool on a wire rack before serving
