Mexican Dessert Recipes
Bunuelos
Bunuelos are tasty little fritters, eaten as a dessert. They originate from Spain and are a popular Mexican snack, ideal with hot chocolate or coffee as an afternoon pick-me-up. Bunuelos can be served with both powdered sugar and cinnamon or hot sugar and syrup (piloncillo) and sold at fairs, carnivals, and Christmas events.
Bunuelos are also popular in Colombia, Nicaragua, and Cuba, although the ingredients vary slightly throughout the different regions and can include starchy vegetables, cheese, or yam. Most bunuelos are sweet though. They can be shaped into squares or rounds, rolled into balls, rolled and cut into slices or twisted into figure eights
Authentic Mexican Bunuelos Recipe
Ingredients -
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 ¼ cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup plus 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 cups all purpose flour
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
Preparation:
Mix ¼ cup of the white sugar with the eggs in a bowl, then add 1 teaspoon of the vegetable oil.
In another bowl mix the baking powder and salt with 1 ½ cups of the flour. Add this mixture to the egg mixture, blending well.
Sprinkle the rest of the flour on to a board and turn the dough out on to it.
Knead it until smooth. Make 16 balls with the dough and roll each one into a 5 inch diameter round.
Let them stand uncovered for 10 minutes on wax paper.
Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a skillet, then fry the circles until they are golden brown, turning them once.
Drain the bunuelos on paper towels and sprinkle the cinnamon and remaining sugar over them.
Store in an airtight tin.
(Makes 16)
