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Mercedes Bakery Offers ‘Taste of Mexico’

Miniatures versions of pan dulce were the original creations of the De La Garza Bakery in Mercedes.

The “pan chiquitos,” as Albaro De La Garza calls them, started out as miniature versions of sweet bread for his then-young children. De La Garza’s kids often didn’t finish off a full-size empanada or a fluffy concha pastry. So, De La Garza and his baker at the time at the Mercedes panaderia made them smaller. The child-sized Mexican sweet bread of De La Garza Bakery and Cake Shop in Mercedes…

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