Sopapillas are so stinkin' delicious!
I don't know why I do this to myself but I make them and always manage to eat at least 5!
This time, I had to take some to neighbors and friends so I could get them out of my house. FAST!!!
Ingredients:
2 1/4 tsp (or 1 packet) Active Dry Yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 TBSP sugar
4 cups flour
1tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 TBSP melted butter
oil for frying
Directions:
In a bowl, stir warm water and sugar until the sugar dissolves.
Stir in the yeast and let it activate (about 5-10 minutes).
It should look like this when it's activated. Maybe foamier.
You'll wonder why foamier sounds like such a weird word!
Or at least I did! ;)
Anyway, in a separate bowl,
add 4 cups flour, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.
Stir it all together!
Remember the foamy yeast mixture?
Add it to the dry ingredients, along with the 1 TBSP melted butter.
And get your hands all dirty! Yay!
You may want to wash them first!
Or, you can totally just start mixing. Germs are cool! ;)
When you get it into a loose dough ball,
remove it from the bowl and onto a floured counter.
Knead for about 5 minutes.
When you get it into a pretty ball like this,
put it back into a bowl sprayed with PAM or oil.
You don't want it to stick to the bowl when it rises.
It won't be fun....I PROMISE! :)
Cover the bowl and let it rise for 1 hour!
The dough ball will double in size...or almost double.
When this happens, punch it down....go ahead, take out all of your frustrations of the day! JK!
Then, on a floured counter, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough.
Until it's about 1/4 inch thick or so.
I don't know how you measure that....just guess! LOL!
Cut the dough into any shape you like!
I used cookie cutters and a pizza cutter!
My sopapillas are hearts and triangles!
In a large pot, heat the oil.
You want to put enough oil so that the sopapillas
will float while frying.
Once the oil starts bubbling, add your dough shapes!
Fry for 45 second to 1 minute on each side, or until brown.
Remove them from the oil onto paper towels
to absorb the excess oil.
Add cinnamon and sugar right away!
Otherwise, it won't really stick to the sopapillas.
You want that cinnamon sugary goodness to stick! ;)
Have your little one add more cinnamon and sugar if you want!
Haley felt like they needed more!
And TA-DAH!
Deliciousness!
Serve with honey.
Or honey butter.
Or, just eat them however you want!
To make honey butter, add 1 part honey to one part butter and cook until melted. (You can microwave it if you'd rather!)
Here's another recipe I like that's similar to Texas Roadhouse's honey butter version. It's thicker than the honey butter usually eaten with sopapillas but still very yummy!
Ingredients:
1 stick butter (room temperature)
1 cup honey
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
Directions:
Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, mix the butter for about a minute.
Until it's nice and creamy!
Add the honey, powdered sugar and cinnamon.
Mix it all together for 1 minute.
Doesn't it look yummy??!!
I warm it up on the stove or microwave
and drizzle it on the sopapillas!!
Happy Baking!
