aManPerson: growing up in new mexico, we’d get these all the time for free at some local mexican restaurants. moved out west. after college, friend of a friend partially owned a mexican restaurant. i asked him if he and the wait staff had any sopapillas. they kept looking at me funny and asking if i wanted their soup (sopa).
ya no…….a few years later i bought them at a different mexican restaurant and realized oh these things aren’t great what the hell was i eating when i was younger.
Druidshift: Oh Ho, I recognize the hands of a future abuelita there. Love when traditional food is passed down. Especially the Honey usage.
drocks27: **Ingredients** Serves 12
* 1 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1⁄2 tsp kosher salt
* 1 tsp white sugar
* 1 1⁄2 tbsp shortening
* 2 oz warm milk
* 3 oz warm water
* 1⁄3 cup white sugar
* 1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon
* vegetable oil, for frying
* honey, for serving
**Directions**
Prep 15 min Cook 8 min Ready 23 min
1. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 teaspoon sugar. Mix in shortening using your fingers until the shortening pieces are the size of very small peas and are thoroughly incorporated. Pour in milk and water and mix until the dough forms a ball. Place the dough on a work surface and dust with flour. Knead for 5 minutes, then wrap with plastic wrap and let rest for 30 minutes.
1. In a small bowl, mix together 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
1. Preheat an inch of vegetable oil in a frying pan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
1. Roll out dough into a large, wide rectangle. Trim the sides and cut into 12 smaller rectangles. Fry 3-4 sopapillas at a time, turning constantly for 2 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Remove from the pan and fry remaining sopapillas. Dust with cinnamon sugar and serve with honey.
[source](http://www.kitchme.com/recipes/sopapillas)
SuitableDragonfly: You just fry the dough and it puffs up like that and becomes hollow? I always assumed you had to construct the pocket somehow.
Atlanta-Avenger: Mexican restaurants near me will fix these and add Chocolate sauce and whipped cream/ice cream. So so good.
JStormCatcher: These are delicious, I remember my old best friend’s grandma made these for us during a sleepover
Saratrooper: I completely misread the name of this and instead read it as “soupatillas”, and possibly got a bit too excited over the idea of a self-contained soup inside of a tortilla thing (like xiao long bao). Awh.
MeatBald: Looks awesome! Are these, for the lack of a better comparison, anything lile beignets?
Like, churro-flavored beignets?
charlatan-of-doom: I can’t hear the word “sopapillas” without thinking of *Cook, Serve, Delicious!* These look delicious, but as someone who loves cinnamon, I’d probably amp up that half a teaspoon to a tablespoon or two…
SandhuG: Looks delicious
Donkeydonkeydonk: My mom was in the hospital recently having had a stroke. She was texting her sister a bunch of gibberish, but one thing she got through was, “Get me a sopapilla”.
Not even a stroke can destroy the delightful memory of this tasty treat.
ten-numb: I also recommend the Chilean version of these, made with some canned pumpkin they are beautifully golden brown and can be served with dulce de leche or with pico de gallo
koalaplum: I haven’t had these since being in El Paso, TX.
I moved to another pretty heavily Mexican populated state and it drove me crazy that whenever I asked a Mexican if they had ever tried a sopapilla they were insistent I was describing a bunuelo or literally any other Mexican pastry.
I’m really happy there’s a gif recipe on it now. However I think I’ll cut mine in triangles because that’s the only way I ever had them.
thebinderclip_: Psych anyone ?
kacihall: I used to make these for Spanish class every single time we had to do a presentation on traditional Hispanic foods. I just liked having an excuse to make them. (Once I made them for my first college Spanish course, I realized my parents weren’t there to tell me not to make them. I had them pretty often since I had a deep fryer.)
CeeMooreButts: I don’t care how they are pronounced, spelled, or cut, I just want to eat them
potatoesmashedup: When I was a kid, I rmr going to a Mexican buffet place, which had mediocre Mexican food, but had unlimited soapillas. Omg I swear they were only reason my family went there all the time. Drizzling, or flooding, them with honey was the best. Definitely going to make these for my parents
Woxy-Wosky: I expected to see everything but a sopaipillas here
JimmyJamesincorp: 1. They’re called Sopa**i**pillas.
2. They are made with Pumpkins. Where are the pumpkins?!
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daveywavey86: so were not calling them beignets anymore?
HungDaddyNYC: There is so much about this that’s wrong. Square? No no no.
