Sweet Mexican Breads in Pátzcuaro

Traditional Mexican sweet bread is a pure delight and Pátzcuaro’s variety is no exception. It is highly requested by our visitors at Hotel Mansión Iturbe who enjoy not only tasting it during their stay in our Magical Town; they also frequently take samples of it back home with them.

 

Sweet Mexican Breads in Pátzcuaro
Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro

You will find it in different places, there are traditional bakeries where the recipes of yesteryear still exist, creating surprising consistency and a lot of flavor, with a soft and spongy bread that will delight your palate.

 

From the moment you enter these traditional bakeries in Pátzcuaro, your knees will buckle with the aroma of freshly baked bread.  The great variety of these Mexican sweet breads becomes a feast for the senses, not only with their aromas and colors, but also their shapes and even the shine that some of them have.

 

Sweet Mexican Breads in Pátzcuaro
Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro

It is the ideal pretext for a walk around Pátzcuaro, strolling its streets early in the morning or in the afternoon, the favourite time for many to buy warm, freshly baked bread.

Warning:  It will be difficult to know which sweet bread to choose! With a soft or crunchy texture or a light and fluffy bread.

 

Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro
Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro

You will find the classic Mexican breads that, in the bakeries of towns like Pátzcuaro, have continued to be made over the years, becoming part of their gastronomic heritage.

Among the many traditional breads are the puerquitos de piloncillo, the popular and colourful conchas, which are traditionally made of vanilla and chocolate. The cuernitos, the chocolatines, the rolls filled with marmalade (pineapple are the most popular), cones filled with custard, the campechanas, the banderillas, the empanadas in multiple flavors, such as coconut, pineapple, dulce de leche, sweet potato or picadillo. Vanilla and chocolate "mantecadas", "orejitas", the traditional "polvorones" or the classic sugared or chocolate doughnuts. The list is immense, but you are sure to find your favourite bread to take home and enjoy with a good cup of coffee, a glass of milk or a hot chocolate.

 

Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro
Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro

So, if you wish to taste different types of Mexican sweet breads, Pátzcuaro is the ideal place, with bakers who keep the family tradition, passing on recipes and procedures from generation to generation, working in one of the most traditional trades in Mexico, that of being a baker.


Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro
Sweet Mexican Bread in Pátzcuaro


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61600 Pátzcuaro, Michoacán.

México

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