For the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Cuisine has a ton of ideas for celebrating this day!
(like HERE is another one of my recipes for this day, but my kids like
Sopapias better)
The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe HERE
I actually first made this recipe a very, very, long time ago. I was
in 9th grade and had to bring a dish from another country for some class
and I picked Mexico. Little did I know I'd be using it to teach my
children some day so many years later!
Sopapias
4 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
4-5 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons shortening
1 1/4 cups milk (or more if needed, I needed)
Oil (for frying)
Powdered sugar (for coating)
In large bowl, mix
dry ingredients. Cut shortening into dry mixture with fork. Add milk,
mix well. Here you will need to add more milk if you can't get the
dough to form a ball. Next form the ball and cover bowl and let stand
30-60 minutes.
On
a well floured surface, roll dough to thickness of 1/4 inch and cut
into squares or whatever shape you'd like I guess, but I always do
little squares.
Heat
oil in pan and place dough shapes in the oil. Cook until brown on both
sides, constantly flipping and checking. (I heat it to a med/high
temp) The shapes will puff a little.
Drain
on papertowel or paper bag and coat with powdered sugar. (I put
powdered sugar in a baggie and shake the bread to coat!)
My daughters can't wait to make these this year!
Happy feast day!
