Fried Sopapillas
Fried Sopapillas
Sometimes referred to as the Navajo taco, sopapillas originated in the southwestern state of Arizona. As a dessert sopapillas are topped with sugar, cinnamon and even honey. Recipe courtesy of The Tortilla Channel, provided by My Recipe Magic
Prep Time
5
minutes
Cook Time
16
minutes
Servings
16
Total time: 21 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoon real butter
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar (as topping)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (as topping)
- honey (as topping)
Directions
- Add all the dry ingredients in a kitchen mixer and pulse.
- Then add the butter and run the kitchen mixer until you get a coarse dough.
- Now add the milk and water and run the kitchen mixer.
- In a matter of seconds, you get a soft dough.
- Take the dough out of the kitchen mixer.
- Knead by hand for a couple of seconds.
- Cut the dough in half and put half of the dough on a lightly floured board.
- Roll with a rolling pin into a circle.
- Cut the circle through the middle and then into 4 triangles.
- Repeat for the second piece of dough.
- You will yield 16 wedges.
- Preheat a big pot to 375℉ with vegetable oil, filled to about ⅓ of the pot.
- Fry 2-3 sopapillas at a time until golden brown for about 2-3 minutes.
- Turn the sopapilla and fry the other side.
- This will take about 1 minute.
- Take the sopapillas from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel.
- Cool slightly while you combine the cinnamon and sugar.
- Sprinkle the sopapillas with the cinnamon sugar or drizzle with honey.