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Sopapillas

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Celebrating Cinco De Mayo? Sopapillas are South of the Border pastries made with basic ingredients, deep fried, then coated with cinnamon and sugar.

Ingredients

  • 1-¾ cup Plain Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • ⅔ cups Milk
  • 4 cups Vegetable Oil
  • _____
  • FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR:
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon

Preparation

Mix dry ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl. Add the milk and knead for 1 minute on a floured surface. Let dough set for one hour. Roll dough into a large rectangle, 1/8” thickness. Use a pizza cutter to cut 2” wide strips of dough, then cut strips into 2” squares, then cut squares diagonally in half.

Mix sugar and cinnamon in a shallow baking dish and set aside.

Heat 4 cups vegetable oil in deep fryer. When oil reaches 375 degrees, drop dough triangles into hot oil. They should rise to the surface, and puff, then brown on the bottom very quickly. Use tongs to quickly turn sopapillas over. When dough is golden brown on both sides, remove from oil carefully, and place on paper towels. While sopapillas are still very warm, put them in the cinnamon and sugar mixture and spoon mixture over sopapillas to thoroughly coat them.

Serve warm. Some folks like to bite off the ends and fill the middles with honey!

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Jackie Becker on 2.14.2011

These were great!! I made them for dessert and they were a hit. I made the dough a couple hours before and left in in the fridge. I had some trouble rolling it out, but finally sprayed some non-stick spray on the counter and covered it with plenty of flour.

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sarahgraceg on 1.31.2011

Made these this afternoon – fantastic! And thanks for the clear, concise directions!

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sweetham on 5.6.2010

I made these last night. They were so good and easy! Thanks for posting! We ate ours with honey. Yummmm!

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chefjennylyn on 5.6.2010

These were delicious! I made them at a party tonight, and I was everyone’s hero. So simple yet so good! Definitely a keeper.

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josieinnm on 5.5.2010

These look very good,and sweet. Here in New Mexico we would leave off the cinnamon sugar. In NM,they are served with the meal like a roll.

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jdba514 on 6.6.2011

These turned out great, though the large blister on my arm says deep frying is not my thing! It was fun to try something different and I definitely learned a lot about hot oil.

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quita01 on 9.22.2010

These are really good. I made them a couple nights ago my family loved them. Taste just like the ones you get at mexican restaurants.

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