Cherry Enchiladas

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
6 flour tortillas
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
2 tablespoons white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon crushed sliced almonds

The Day Before You Want to Serve Them
Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Combine the water, butter and 1/2 cup of sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Place a few spoonfuls of cherry pie filling just slightly off center of each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down in the baking dish. Pour the hot liquid over the 'enchiladas' making sure to coat the tops completely. The mixture will be watery. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Next Day
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Combine 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon and almonds in a small bowl or cup; sprinkle over the top of the enchiladas.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until outside edges of the tortillas are golden brown. Let cool slightly before serving.

Source: Allrecipes

Making Flour Tortillas with Grandma on Cinco de Mayo

for every 4 tortillas...
Mix together:
1 cup of flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cut 1 Tablespoon shortening into the flour.

Add water a little at a time for a soft dough.

Make balls golf ball size (1/4 of the recipe) and roll out.

Fry on a hot griddle until begin to get brown.

Easy Homemade Guacamole

guacamole and chili relleno casserole

5 ounces Pico de Gallo
2 ripe avocados
1/4 tea. chili powder
1/2 tea. cumin
2 tea. lime juice

Mash the avocados until it is the consistency you prefer. Mix in the rest of the ingredients until well blended. If you like a very smooth consistency, you will need to put it all in a food processor to blend.

Cinnamon Snowflake Crisps and Mexican Hot Chocolate for a Snow Mexican "Tea" Time

Warm the tortillas in the microwave, just enough to make them pliable, about 10-15 seconds. Carefully fold the tortillas into quarters. Using scissors, cut snowflake shapes out of each tortilla, just like cutting a paper snowflake. You can either fry these until crispy or bake in a 350 F over for a few minutes.

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar ( or just powdered sugar if you want white snowflakes.) Serve warm.

 We made our Mexican hot chocolate from Nestle's Abueleto Mexican Chocolate. You melt the circles of spiced chocolate with milk and froth in the blender once the milk is warm and the chocolate is melted.

or, you can make your own. For each cup, you will need:

1 cup milk

1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder

1/8 teaspoon chili powder (optional -some kids don't like it.) 

1/4 teaspoon cinammon

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1-2 tablespoons sugar

In a small saucepan, on medium-low heat, pour in the milk, cocoa powder, chili powder, cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar. Whisk until the hot chocolate is nice and frothy, about 1 minute. Top with whipped cream or marshmallows, and enjoy!

We served ours in snowman cups with snowmen marshmallows. Not exactly Mexican, but it went with a snow theme.

Cinco de Mayo Sombrero Cookies

Aren't they adorable?

Random Thoughts of a SuperMom

has a step-by-step tutorial.