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
More recipes that you may enjoy:
Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls Easy To Make
Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish (from crescent rolls!)
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OMg! Christy I so have to try these tasty looking treats, hope they taste as good as they look. Thank You, Have a Wonderful Day!
My family LOVES them Annette, can’t wait to hear what you think!!
Oh my goodness, how easy is this!! I’ve got to try it! Thanks for this, Christy!!
🙂 I hope you enjoy them Aileen!!
I’m glad I caught your video chat this week because I didn’t know about the recipe cards. Thanks! I saw Ruth’s question and had to share this trick: for a baked version, flat bread (like the Flat Out brand) can be brushed with oil and baked for 5-7 minutes until “crisped” then sprinkled for similar results.
I did a post on something similar: https://southernplatecom.bigscoots-staging.com/2010/07/cinnamon-tortilla-chips.html and it was nice and crispy. Kinda like the dessert tortillas at a local Mexican restaurant. Hope you got the cards!
Yes! I got them! Yay! It took me a while to get your emails to land in my inbox where I can see them but I’ve got it all straightened out now. Figured out how to create a special folder for my Southern Plate stuff so they won’t get lost anymore. I love your emails and website! Yours is my favorite food/living blog, hands down. Your posts and recipes are real, honest, & simple and I can relate. SP embodies one of my favorite sayings. “Happiness is Homemade” 🙂
I am so glad you got it all worked out!!! Thank you so much for all of your support and I hope you have a blessed day!!
Wow! This is brilliant! Thanks!
I have made these for years, but I use flour tortillas.. that is how a local Mexican restaurant makes them and they are thin and crispy.. will have to try the cresant roll ones to see which ones we like best.
Love your stuff!!
Those are yummy, too. In San Antonio, they call the fried flour tortillas with cinnamon-sugar “buñelos”. The grocery stores here sell ready-to-cook flour tortillas, which make the best buñelos! ❤️
Oh geeez….my hubby. Was craving cinnamon n sugar donuts tonight and I just remembered this recipe of yours. SO GUESS WHAT? I had everything to make these puppies, and we had us a good ol sweet fried dough cinnamon sugar bedtime feast lol. 😉 So easy n quick…..we really enjoyed thm with a cold glass of milk! As always Thanks so much Christy! ~Much love & Blessings to you n your family
I am so glad y’all enjoyed them Mandy!! Blessings to you and yours!!
I’ve made side trips to New Mexico just to get these things! Between these and the little frito bags with chili they sell there made it worth it. But yours look wonderful and I never thought of using crescent rolls for this. I’ve fried up some flour tortillas but this is a whole different ballgame and I thank you for the suggestion!!
I hope you get the chance to try them soon Rachel!!!