Torticas de Moron. Famous Moron sugar cookies. 6 per order

Torticas de Morón are the round, crumbly sugar cookies from Morón, Ciego de Ávila — a thumbprint pressed into the center, a faint toasted edge, and a texture closer to shortbread than to a soft cookie. Six per order, the format Cuban households have been buying for generations.

The original recipe traces back to the bakeries of Morón in central Cuba, and the cookie traveled with the diaspora into Miami pantries, where it became the standard merienda cookie alongside a cortadito.

Common Uses: afternoon merienda with cafecito, dunked into café con leche at breakfast, served on a plate with guava paste and queso blanco, packed into lunchboxes, set out for visitors with coffee.

Cultural Context: For Cubans who grew up on the island, the tortica is tied specifically to Morón — a regional bakery export that became a national snack. In exile households, it became one of the small everyday objects, like Materva or Café Bustelo, that kept the island present in the kitchen without ceremony.

Pairs With: Café Bustelo cortadito, café con leche, Materva, guava paste, a slice of queso blanco, vanilla ice cream.

Ships nationwide to Cuban-American households that can't find them at the local supermarket.