Sopapillas with Honey

Name: Sopapillas with Honey
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp salt; 2 tbsp shortening; ¾ cup warm water; oil for deep frying; honey to drizzle; cinnamon sugar to coat

Puffy fried sopapillas drizzled with honey — New Mexican style. Frying the dough at a steady, properly hot temperature is what makes each piece puff up into a hollow pocket instead of frying dense and flat.

Total time

40 min

Prep

35 min

Cook

5 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

comfortMexican

Ingredients

2 cupsall-purpose flour

1 tspbaking powder

½ tspsalt

2 tbspshortening

¾ cupwarm water

oilfor deep frying

honeyto drizzle

cinnamon sugarto coat

Instructions

Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and shortening; add water to form dough.

Rest 30 min; roll thin; cut into triangles.

Fry at 185°C until they puff and are golden.

Drain; drizzle with honey or coat in cinnamon sugar.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

229

Protein

6.5g

Fat

0.6g

Carbs

48.1g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

596mg

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