Odessan Don Shinn Shares His Recipe for a Sweet Treat
Odessa baker Don Shinn reveals his recipe for a beloved dessert, detailing key ingredients and steps to create a nostalgic sweet treat familiar to locals. The article highlights Shinn's baking method and his community’s appreciation for handmade confections.
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Don Shinn
Sticky Pecan Rolls Recipe With Yeast Dough Rise
A detailed bread roll recipe explains dissolving yeast in water and milk, mixing with flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and salt, then kneading and rising. It guides forming two halves, shaping 15 rolls, and baking at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, with nut and raisin fillings and a brown sugar butter bottom. Editor's note invites reader submissions via phone or email.
Cinco de Mayo celebration versus Mexico history
The piece contrasts Cinco de Mayo in the United States with its meaning in Mexico. It explains the Mexican Independence chronology tied to Diez y Seis, notes 1862 Puebla victory over French forces, and offers party prep ideas with Tex-Mex dishes and simplified recipes for enchiladas and chiles rellenos suitable for ahead-of-time prep and casual gatherings.
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Susy Aguirre Gamboa Top Chef of the Week Odessa Cook
Susy Aguirre Gamboa, 42, of Odessa, earns Permian Basin top chef honors. She learned cooking with family at Market Bar & Grill where she began about a decade ago. Known for bread pastries and peanut butter brownies she guest stars from a family kitchen to the restaurant, sharing recipes like Sunshine Cake Cappuccino Cake and barbecue brisket.
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Susy Aguirre Gamboa
Odessan
Market Bar & Grill
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Odessa
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