By Katie Vasquez
With a little sugar and spice, Talyah Cruz is always cooking up delicious desserts.
It’s a hobby that has turned into her full time job with her company “Sweet Treats Good Eats.”
“I’ve always liked baking. I feel like my whole life, especially since I was a kid, I feel I was put in the family baker role almost immediately,” said Cruz.
When the new Holy Father was announced, she decided to offer a delectable option for Catholics.
“It’s a sugar cookie base. So I make the sugar cookies, use whatever shape I really feel the picture fits. Bake those off, and then I ice them, wait about 24 hours before I then screen print them, and then it gives a pretty good finish,” she explained. “It just looks quite professional,”
Cruz says it was a moment in history that had to be celebrated.
“I thought it was awesome,” she told Currents News. “It was the first American pope I heard, so I was excited and I was excited to make the cookies.”
And she hopes others will savor the sweets as much as she enjoys making them.
“I feel like it’s a good way to honor him,” she noted. “I feel like it’s a good way for people to just feel closer to him or just the religion in general, to make their day slightly better.”
If you would like a taste of the Pope Leo XIV cookies, you can order your own through her website.