Coyotas

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Coyotas are a typical dessert from northwest Mexico, originally from the town of Villa de Seris in the South part of the city of Hermosillo, state of Sonora. It is a large, flat, round, crisp, pastry; traditionally filled with brown sugar, although in recent years other fillings are also being used, such as jamoncillo. At roughly 15 cm in diameter, can be considered as a super-sized cookie.

The colloquial origin of the pastry involves an angry husband ordering his wife to make him something sweet. She angrily threw a plain pastry into a frying pan. The plain pastry mixed with some leftover brown sugar in the bottom of the pan, and the Coyota was born.

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