Cynthia Hermosillo is a mother above all else. Ever since her son Sergio was born 15 years ago, she’s lived to make him happy.
And part of that was making fun cookies for birthdays.
It wasn’t long before people started requesting themed treats for their own parties, and thus The Cookie Jar was born in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2010.
“I had a little shop in the front of the street and we lived on a main street,” Hermosillo said. “I would open doors to the public for holidays — Christmas, Easter.”
But her calling was in Sahuarita. She packed up and moved to Arizona in 2019, and after getting all of her employment papers, she started accepting orders for all kinds of occasions right from her home.
“For me, decorating cookies is like meditating,” Hermosillo explained. “If I could not wash dishes, cook, and do my daily responsibilities as a mom or a wife, I could decorate all day long.”
Her passion for cookies was inspired early on by relatives who enjoyed the craftiness of cooking and baking, like her mom, aunts and grandmother.