On one Bible study night I decided to give into my cravings and make Mexican for dinner. And then I decided I wanted to make REAL sopapillas for dessert. Some of the restaurants around here think a fried flour tortilla is a sopapilla. It's not.
I found this recipe online. It is so easy and they are the sopapillas I like. Fluffy and full of air. Dipped in cinnamon and sugar and honey on top. Yum!
Real Sopapillas
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons shortening
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 quarts oil for frying (or about 3/4-1 inch deep in your skillet)
In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt and shortening. Stir in water; mix until dough is smooth. Cover and let stand for 20 minutes.
Roll out on floured board until 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 3 inch squares. Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees (or medium high-ish). Fry until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
FYI--I cut the recipe in half. The above amounts make 24 sopapillas. And like I said, I dipped mine in a cinnamon sugar mix straight out of the pan.
2 comments:
Yum- that does look good! The best Mexican food we can find up here in PA is from our kitchen! This would be a special treat.
Ah! Joses`.....those were good ole days. We have some other good Mexican restaurants in town, but the fellowship on Sunday nights was the BEST. Sopapillas look really good. I may have to try them......in fact, I am going to show our church hostess how to make Cinnamon Crisp (that is the flour tortilla that is quartered, deep fried and rolled in a cinnamon/sugar mixture).
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