Fried Bread (bunuelo)

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups flour, about
• 3 cups oil, to deep fry in
• 1 cup honey or 1 cup powdered sugar, for a topping

Recipe

• 1 put 1/4 of a cup of warm water and sugar in a bowl.
• 2 mix until the sugar dissolves and add the yeast.
• 3 let it soak for about 5 minutes after which you can add the rest of the water, salt, and eggs.
• 4 stir the mixture until it is foamy.
• 5 add the flour little by little, stirring by hand until you have a mixture that is more watery than dry.
• 6 let the dough rise to twice the size.
• 7 when the dough looks like it is about to sink in the middle it is time to fry them.
• 8 heat oil in skillet, about 1/2 inch deep.
• 9 start getting the dough from the edges and move in towards the middle.
• 10 don't get the dough from various parts of the bowl, move through the dough in an orderly fashion.
• 11 use about 1 t dough for each bunuelo.
• 12 wet your fingertips with warm salt water and pick up the dough with your fingertips.
• 13 stretch the dough carefully to make a thin donut shape.
• 14 put it in the boiling oil and let it brown.
• 15 flip it over with a stick until it is spongy and brown.
• 16 take out bunuelo and put it on a strainer. and then on a paper towel.
• 17 they are delicious hot and can be covered with honey or powdered sugar.