What is your favorite finger food? Among many choices of finger food, sopapilla can be served for any occasion. The small treats are usually served with honey or tostados while hot. Sopapilla itself is known as snacks with easy ingredients and easy cooking instructions. Here we have sopapilla recipe to help you cook your own sopapilla. Worry not, this recipe is fail free. Pay attention to every instruction and do it carefully.

Ingredients for sopapilla recipe :

• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 cups flour for all purpose
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 ½ cup warm water
• 4 tbsp shortening
• Oil for frying

Cooking instructions:

1. Stir flour, salt, baking powder and shortening in a large bowl. Add water; stir until the dough is smooth enough. Cover the bowl and let it rest for about 20 minutes.
2. On lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into ¼ inch thick. Cut the dough into 3 inch square or your desired shape. In a deep fryer, heat oil to reach 375 degree Fahrenheit or 190 degree Celsius. Fry the cuts until golden brown on sides. Drain on wire rack or paper towel. Serve while hot.

Sopapilla is delicious to serve with honey. The combination of honey and sopapilla will create nice taste on your mouth. This sopapilla recipe takes 45 minutes of total cooking time and it is for 24 servings. Each serving contains 160 calories which is still safe for those who are in diet program. If you have a plan to make a nice treat for small party or family gathering, sopapilla should be included into your list. The ingredients are there on every kitchen and the cooking instructions are easy. Not to mention it does not take too much time. Make your own sopapilla and let us know how delicious it tastes.