Sopapillas Recipe Super Easy
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Warm sopapillas, dipped in cinnamon sugar and drizzled with honey. Are you ready for some? Let’s get cooking!
I think we all have favorites: snacks, desserts, beverages, etc, that we consider to be an extra special treat. On the occasion that we gift ourselves with these delicacies we sit down, block out the world, and enjoy every second. That’s what sopapillas are for me.
Still, as much as I love sopapillas, I don’t think about them that often but a couple of times a year they pop into my mind and I just absolutely have to have one (or two).
Shortcut Recipe for Sopapillas
Today I’m showing you a shortcut recipe that is pretty stinking life changing. When you see the ingredients, don’t think you know what they are going to taste like because you are in for a surprise. Turns out, these ingredients were just sitting there waiting to reach the pinnacle of their existence and become sopapillas.
Take a deep breath and hold it…now scroll down.
For This Sopapillas Recipe the Ingredients You Need Are:
Crescent Roll Dough (original is what I use), oil for frying in, sugar and cinnamon for coating.
That’s it! And seriously, I know some of you are thinking “These are going to take like fried crescent rolls….Well, I guarantee when you make these you be wanting an extra sapapilla in my honor.
How To Make A Sopapilla Recipe Step by Step
Roll out your dough and separate it at the seams. I like to cut along the seams to do this rather than pull it apart because I don’t want it stretching out too much.
Stir your cinnamon and sugar together in some type of dish that is big enough for a sopapilla to fit in and set aside. Note that I ended up changing to an 8×8 baking dish for my cinnamon sugar later on in this post because this bowl wasn’t cutting it.
Pour hot oil to a depth of about 1/2 inch (or so) in a large skillet. Place that over medium high heat for a few minutes.
*You know it is ready to fry when you sprinkle just a pinch of flour in it and the flour bubbles like it is doing in this picture. Then turn the heat down to medium.
When your oil is hot enough and you have turned it down to medium, fry your sopapillas by gently placing them in without splashing. Cook for a minute or two until browned, then gently flipping and cooking another minute or two until browned on the other side.
Once done, remove them with tongs (which you were hopefully using to flip them) and place them on a paper towel lined plate.
When you get around to it, you want to dip each side of each sopapilla into the cinnamon sugar mixture. I prefer to do it while they are still warm but sometimes life doesn’t afford me that opportunity and I do it later. No big.
To serve, place on plate and drizzle with honey.
Ingredients
- 1 original 8 count 8oz can crescent roll dough (not butter flavored or jumbo or anything like that)
- 1 cup sugar you won't use all of it but you need it
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Pour vegetable oil to a depth of about 1/2 inch in a medium to large skillet. Place over medium high heat to preheat while you complete the next steps.
- Roll out crescent roll dough and cut apart at the seams. In 8x8 dish (or similar), stir together sugar and cinnamon until well combined.
- Test oil for readiness by dropping a pinch of flour in. If the flour bubbles, the oil is ready. Reduce temperature to medium and carefully add dough triangles in batches, leaving plenty of room for each to cook without touching. Brown for about a minute or so on the first side and then flip to brown on the other side. Remove to paper towel lined plate when both sides are golden.
- Dip each sopapilla into cinnamon sugar mixture on both sides and place on serving platter. To serve, drizzle with honey or eat as is.
- These are spectacular warm!
Nutrition
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These look so good & so easy!!! Can’t wait to try these.
Thanks Christy, you’ve done it again; quick, easy & tasty.
I hope you get a chance to try them soon Kate, they are so good!!
These look so good! When I was a kid, we used to have those at Casa Bonita in OKC. I don’t think that restaurant exists anymore.
I hope you get the chance to try these soon Kathy!! I hope you enjoy my version as much as the ones you remember.
Oh my gosh you make me laugh so much. I’m here for you too sweetie. I love your email I do not make nearly all the recipes as it is just my husband and myself but I love reading them and I print most of them off I am going to make myself a recipe binder using the templates you gave us . How do you get so much done, it amazes me but then I used to get a lot more done than I do now. I am working in my garden as I am about six weeks behind due to illness but oh how I love growing my little container garden and you even inspire me there . You are a jewel I hope you know how much we appreciate you.
Oh my goodness, you are too sweet Pat!! Thank you so much for the kind words and I appreciate all of your support more than you could ever imagine!!!
This reminds me of how my grandma would make donuts in the skillet. I want some of these now! Thanks for the recipe.
🙂 You are welcome!!
Oh my , i guess i need to go to bed , i was talking to my friend Cindy , i’m so sorry Christy , got the names mixed up , lol .
No worries! As it turns out my cousin is named Cindy and I’ve been called Cindy my whole life as a result so it just felt natural to me! lol Thank you so much for being here. Alabama misses you, too, and I hope you get to make these soon!
Made these and hubby and I loved. He kept raving about them.
I am so glad to hear they were a hit Joan!!! We love them too!!
Thank you so much for this easy recipe , i’ve never made these , cause i thought they would be hard to make , but now i will have to try your recipe cause it sounds so easy , u have a lot of easy recipes to make , love your site and please keep up the good work , miss ala , alot , we lived in Madison for almost 2 yrs. Have a blessed Monday morning Cindy and thank you again for all your wonderful recipes.