Conejito means “little rabbit” in Spanish — the name describes the shape. These are Chilean bakery pastries made from an enriched dough of flour, butter, eggs, milk, and sugar, formed into a small rabbit figure and filled with crema pastelera — a standard pastry cream made from milk, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla. The […]

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Calzones rotos — literally “broken underwear” — are strips of fried dough sprinkled with powdered sugar. They are home treats, eaten with tea during winter, tied to humor and family kitchens.

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