Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Becca wrote:
>> Photographs are on Facebook.
>>
>>
>> Sopapillas
>>
>>
>> 4 cups flour
>> 2 tsp baking powder
>> 4 Tablespoons butter
>> 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups water
>>
>>
>> Add the first 4 ingredients to a large bowl and work in the butter
>> until it gets like cornmeal. Add 1 1/2 cups water and mix until it
>> turns into a batter. Leave dough in a ball, cover the bowl with a
>> damp towel and wait for 30 minutes. Roll out on a lightly floured
>> surface to about 1/8" inch thick and cut into large squares. Fry
>> in hot oil at 375 degrees.
>>
>
> We spelled them sopaipillas when I was young, but either way, yum.
> I
> especially used to like them either with plain pinto beans inside,
> or
> just drizzled with honey. Yumma.
>
> Serene

Reminds me of visiting my son when he was working at Los Alamos, NM.
We lunched outside and my grandson (then aged 3) was fighting off the
yellow jackets as he tried to eat the sopapillas (with honey). Yummy
stuff!

Dora