Sopapillas

Sorry my dessert posts outnumber all of my other posts. They are just so fun to make and eat! Yesterday my brother, Tyler, was over and we made sopapillas together. I have never made them before but I must say these turned out delicious! Sopapillas are fried pastries, commonly referred to as "scones" in Utah.

I got my recipe from Homesicktexan blog if you want to see the original. There is also a great recipe for flour tortillas my family has been making for years and come to find she has the exact same recipe on her website (the best tex-mex tortillas ever!).Note: I thirded the recipe in order to only make a few sopapillas since there were just two of us. The original recipe yeilded 18 sopapillas. With the following amounts, I made 8 moderate sized sopapillas. Sorry for the weird measurements. On things like 1/3 tsp, I just eyeballed it using 1/2 tsp or 1 tsp measuring spoon and everything turned out great.

Ingredients:
1 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 C warm water
1/3 Tbs butter, melted (I actually didn't melt mine all the way...wonder if that made a difference?)
1/3 Tbs sugar
1 1/3 C flour1/3 tsp salt
oil for fryingcinnamon sugar or powdered sugar
honey

Directions:
Mix the yeast and warm water. Let sit for five minutes. Meanwhile, combine flour and salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and sugar to the yeast mixture and then add to the flour and salt.

Knead dough for two minutes until smooth and elastic.

Let dough rise in covered, greased bowl for one hour until doubled in size. I like to put my bowls in a warm oven for optimal rising.Once risen, punch dough down and roll out on a floured surface until 1/4 inch thick. Cut dough into triangles of desired size.
Heat up 2 inches of oil in a pot to 375 degrees. (If you do not have a candy thermometer, the oil is hot enough when a wooden spoon handle inserted in the oil creates bubbles.)

Fry one or two triangles of dough at a time, browning each side (45 sec to a min. per side). The dough should puff up as it cooks.
Place finished sopapillas on paper towells so excess oil will drain. Dust with cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar. The honey goes inside via a hole you poke in the corner (or bite off). Best while warm!