Serve these sopapillas as a dessert or quick bread. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and dip in honey!
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This fried bread puffs up and is eaten hot with lots of honey. Once you know how it is made you will serve them again and again. So, are you ready to learn how to make sopapillas? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make this sopapillas recipe you need several ingredients. Take a look at the ingredients below to see what you need:
- Flour – make these with all-purpose flour
- Milk – you can use regular milk or plant-based milk
- Water
- Butter – use room temperature butter you can also use plant-based butter
- Sugar – granulated sugar
- Baking powder – to help lift the sopapillas
- Salt – to enhance the flavor of the other ingredients
Toppings:
- Sugar – granulated sugar
- Cinnamon – to combine into cinnamon sugar
- Honey – to drizzle on top
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Sopapillas
- This is the easiest recipe for sopapillas. To make this recipe you can make the dough by hand or in a kitchen machine. I recommend a kitchen machine as it is super-fast.
- Add all the dry ingredients to the kitchen machine and pulse a couple of times to combine. Then add room temperature butter to the kitchen machine and let it run so you will get course dough.
- Now add the milk and water. Run the kitchen machine again and you will see the ingredients turn into a soft dough. Take it out of the kitchen machine and knead it by hand shortly.
- Cut the dough in half and shape it into a ball. Put on and put half of the dough on a lightly floured board. Roll with a rolling pin into a round shape a ½ inch thick.
- Cut the dough circle through the middle and then into 4 triangles or wedges so you will yield 8 wedges from one circle. Repeat for the second piece of dough so you have 16 triangles. Preheat a big pot with vegetable oil and fill it with about ⅓ of oil.
- Heat to 375℉/190℃ and fry 2 to 3 sopapillas at a time until golden brown. This will take 2-3 minutes. Turn the sopapilla and fry the other side.
- It will take about 1 minute.
- Take the sopapillas out of the pan with a slotted spoon and drain them on a paper towel. Cool slightly while you combine the cinnamon and sugar.
- Sprinkle the sopapillas with cinnamon sugar or drizzle them with lots of honey. Your sopapilla dessert is ready to serve.
Sweet Sopapillas Recipe
Who doesn’t like fried food? We all know it isn’t good for us but oh it tastes so good and when you try these sopapillas you will have a new favorite.
A sweet doughy snack covered with cinnamon sugar. One bite and you will not be able to resist and eat the rest as well. They are cooked in oil and are similar to oliebollen.
What Are Sopapillas?
Sopapillas are also known as sopaipilla, sopaipa, and cachanga and are fried pastry dough. It originates from Spain and is popular in countries that have a Spanish heritage.
There are several ways these are made. You can find sopaipilla squares in the shape of a pillow, circular, or the shape of a triangle.
In this recipe, they are first made in a circle and then cut into a triangle.
You can serve them as a dessert or snack which is what we will be doing. There are even countries that serve them alongside the main dish.
Can You Make Sopapillas From Tortillas?
You can! As the base of the sopapillas is similar to a tortilla you can make these fried pastries from tortillas. They will be less doughy but that is no problem.
When you take small soft tortillas cut them into triangles. You can yield 4-6 wedges from a small tortilla. Fill a skillet or small pot with about 1-2 inches of oil and then you can follow the instructions.
Tortillas puff up when heated. This will go faster than with the dough version so stay close and turn the tortillas regularly.
Can You Make Sopapillas Vegan?
The answer is yes and it is quite easy to make vegan sopapillas. As this recipe contains milk and butter you can easily substitute.
These regular dairy products can be substituted for:
- Dairy-free milk
- Almond milk
- Soy milk
- Rice milk
- Vegetable butter
- Coconut butter
- Vegetable shortening
Keep following the recipe as described below and change to one of these products.
Can You Make Sopapillas Ahead?
Yes, you can make sopapillas ahead. They taste their best when made fresh but they do hold up well when you prepare them in advance and serve them later.
You have several options to store them as well as reheat them.
How To Store Sopapillas?
When you make sopapillas and you have leftovers or you prepared a big batch you have several ways to store them. If you are planning on saving some do not cover them with cinnamon sugar yet this will make reheating much easier.
You can sprinkle cinnamon sugar on them when you have reheated them. In all cases let them cool completely before storing them:
- Refrigerator – if you plan on serving the leftover sopapillas you can store them for up to 3 days in the fridge. Put them in an airtight food container
- Freezer – want to keep them longer store them in the freezer. Put them in a freezer-friendly food container and store them for up to 3 months
How To Reheat Sopapillas?
When you want to reheat them, you have several ways:
- Oven – you can reheat them in the oven. Preheat the oven to 400℉/200℃ put the sopapillas in an oven-safe dish and cover with foil. Heat for 7 minutes, then remove the foil and heat for 2 more minutes or until warm
- Air Fryer – you can also reheat them in an Air Fryer. Preheat the Air Fryer to 375℉/190℃ for 3 minutes. Wrap the leftover sopapilla in aluminum foil and warm for 5 – 7 minutes or until warm
- Microwave – put them in a microwave-safe dish and cover them with plastic wrap. Heat for 30 seconds and check to see if they are warm else extend for 30 more seconds. Be aware that in the microwave they will go soft
- Deep fry – you can deep fry them to reheat but I would only reheat them if they are not sprinkled with cinnamon sugar as the sugar will dissolve in your oil when you reheat. Heat your deep fryer and put the sopapillas for 20 to 30 seconds or until hot
More Fried Recipes
If you love fried foods, you are in for a treat because we have got some nice recipes you can make:
- Fried bread
- Oliebollen
- Bakabana
- Chalupa
- Fried cheese empanadas
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Sopapillas
Mireille
Serves: 16 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 16 minutes
Delicious sopapillas? Try these fried pastries that you can serve as dessert or a sweet snack. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or dip in honey!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tablespoon real butter
- ½ cup of water
- ¼ cup milk
- 1½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Toppings:
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- honey
Instructions
- Add all the dry ingredients in a kitchen machine and pulse
- Then add the butter and run the kitchen machine until you get a coarse dough
- Now add the milk and water and run the kitchen machine. In a matter of seconds, you get a soft dough
- Take the dough out of the kitchen machine. 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℉/190℃ with vegetable oil, filled about ⅓ of the pot
- Fry 2-3 sopapillas at a time until golden brown for about 2-3 minutes. Turn the sopapillas 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
Notes
Use the milk at room temperature
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 101; Fat: 4.2g; Carbs: 14.2g; Protein: 1.8g;
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