Bunuelos

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

Cinnamon

Brown Sugar

Sugar

Flour Tortilla's

Olive oil

Frying pan

Tongs

small "Bowl" (one that is flat on the bottom but at the edges curve up):

 

DIRECTIONS: 

       First, place the frying pan on the stove and put the heat up to medium. Then, pour enough olive oil to fill up the frying pan, and enough to be able to dip tortilla into it.

       Then, as it heats up, mix up an even amount of cinnamon, sugar, and brown sugar into the small bowl. This is where you will be dipping the tortillas in.

       After, cut up a few tortillas into triangles. The triangles can but of whatever size preferred. When the tortillas have been sliced up, place one, or two pieces (depending on size of frying pan size), into the oil in the

frying pan and let them sit there for about a minute. Take them
 http://goo.gl/O3QWUV          out with the tongs once they are golden brown. Dip them into the combination of cinnamon, sugar, and brown sugar until fully coated. Repeat with all the pieces of the tortillas. Once done, sit down, and enjoy!

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REFLECTION:

     

        Bunuelos is a popular snack in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey, Greece, and Morocco, and is a tradition at Christmas. Though it is a tradition at Christmas, many families, mine included, make these tasty snacks for other celebrations as well. They are perfect for any types of celebrations. They are perfect, finger food, but may be a little messy. Just grab a napkin, though, and all will be good! It should only take 30 minutes to make about 20 to 30 of them, depending on size.

       Tips: I would recommend getting a 24 packet of soft taco flour tortillas for this recipe. Of course, the entire packet is not needed, but the rest can be used for other times. I used 5 of these tortillas and cut them into half, then cut those pieces into half, and then cut those, making  8 triangles out of one tortilla. This made 40 bunuelos, which was the perfect amount. Also, when placing the tortillas into the frying pan, place them carefully in with the tongs, making sure that the oil does not splash out of the pan, burning someone.

       A part that I had difficulty with was knowing how long the tortilla triangles were supposed to be left in the pan. What you want is for the tortilla to form little air bubbles, not be flat entirely. You want the edges to be darker, and the middle to be a little lighter (as shown in the picture). Also, you must remember to flip the tortilla a couple of times so that both sides are equally cooked. Remember these few things, and you will undoubtedly enjoy these tasty treats!(:

Snicker Doodle Cookies

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup of shortening

1 1/2 cup of sugar

2 3/4 cup of flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

2 eggs

2 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

Cinnamon/sugar to roll cookies in

 

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, add cream shortening and butter. Then add the 1 1/4 cups of sugar and the eggs. Cream (mix) these ingredients until light and fluffy. After the ingredients are light and fluffy, add flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt; stir until well blended.

 

In a small separate bowl, combine the cinnamon and sugar together.

 

Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Then roll these balls into the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Continue doing this until all the dough is used up. Then place the balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart from each other. Place in oven and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until light brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.

*Note: cookies puff when they begin to bake and then flatten out with crinkled tops. Yields about 8 cookies.

 

REFLECTION:

When these delicious treats were made, we forgot to add the eggs and the sugar before we started to mix them up. When we finally did add up all these ingredients, we did not make them as light and fluffy as was wanted, so when all the dry ingredients were added, there were large chunks of butter. At first we were unable to identify what the ingredient was, but after smelling and toughing it, we realized that it was a large chunk of butter. This resulted in us having to mix all the ingredients together for a longer time than needed. So, a tip is to actually mix the butter, eggs, cream shortening, and sugar together well, so that no ingredient can be seen by itself! Also, when rolling the dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture, make sure that every part of the dough is covered, but do not put too much on the dough.

This delicious treat is perfect for parties and little goody bag treats! It will be difficult to keep the children's sticky fingers from snatching at these cookies. Not only will the children be gobbling them down, so will the guests, so make sure there are enough made! :)