Marranitos

Marranitos (little pigs)—or cochinitos or puerquitos, as they are called in some Mexican American communities—were my grandma’s favorite sweet bread and remind me so much of her. When I was growing up, we never made them at home. Instead, we bought them at the nearby panadería (Mexican bakery). Not everyone has a local panadería, however, and this iconic Mexican sweet bread, with its lightly spiced flavor and its cake-like texture reminiscent of shortbread