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Fresh Peach Slab Pie with Buttery Nutmeg Crust

This Fresh Peach Slab Pie takes summer’s juciest peaches and makes a HUGE pie complete with the most perfectly crisp, buttery crust flavored with nutmeg.

30 Fruit Dessert Recipes for the End of Summer

A roundup of 30 fruit dessert recipes for pies, crisps, ice creams, cakes, and more to celebrate summer in all its glory!

Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie with Pepita-Gingersnap Crust

Creamy (but dairy-free) pumpkin pie sweetened with Mexican piloncillo in a toasted pumpkin seed and gingersnap crust.

Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie with Bourbon Vanilla Whipped Cream

This buttermilk pumpkin pie is a tart version of the classic pumpkin pie and a refreshing alternative to the overly spiced desserts we’re used to.

Sweet Potato and Chorizo Quiche

This sweet potato and chorizo quiche is filled with Mexican chorizo, sweet potatoes, white cheddar cheese, and cilantro all in a buttery, flaky crust.

Candied Pumpkin Tart {Dairy Free}

A divine Candied Pumpkin Tart is a delicious dairy-free option for Thanksgiving. Pumpkin slices, simmered in sugar syrup and baked into a flaky pie crust.

Sour Cherry Apple Pie with Cheddar Cheese Crust

It dawned on me that this week marks the 5th anniversary of ¡Hola! Jalapeño. That’s 5 years worth of stories, over 400 recipes, thousands of photos, lots and lots of jalapeño peppers, and sooooo many lists (I make a lot of lists). I started this blog right after we returned from my dear friend Beth’s wedding (which reminds me—Happy Anniversary Guys!!) We had just moved to our quiet rural North Dakota village from big noisy San Francisco and I honestly had no idea what to do with myself. I was plenty busy taking care of little one-year-old Louisa and navigating my new role as Stay-at-Home Mom but I missed cooking professionally and desperately needed a creative outlet. So I sat

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Mexican Chocolate Tequila Tart

This Mexican Chocolate Tart is a silky, fudgey tart spiked with tequila and baked into a saltine and graham cracker crust for that salty-sweet finish.

Key Lime Pie with Sour Cream Topping

Key limes make the BEST Mexican desserts like this tart pie with a creamy lime filling and graham cracker crust, topped with sweetened sour cream.

Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Combining two Thanksgiving favorites in one of the best easy Mexican desserts: Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pie satisfies all holiday pie cravings.

What We’re Eating and Reading This Summer

Excellent Mexican food recipes for summer, plus children’s books recommendations to keep the little ones with thier head in the books all summer long.

Almond-Peach Galette

Many Mexican dessert recipes have some sort of fruit and dough combo. This galette takes more of a French spin with an open-faced crust and almonds.

Mom’s Classic Pumpkin Pie Recipe

As far as Mexican pie recipes go this one is classic for Thanksgiving. This pie has warm spices, plus half-and-half that makes it silky and creamy.

Purple Gooseberry Pie Recipe

Not your typical Mexican dessert recipe but one that celebrates American pie with super tart purple gooseberries. Great with green gooseberries too.