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So Easy Sopapillas

So Easy Sopapillas

Anyone else but me go wild for sopapillas?

 These easy sopapillas need only three ingredients and 15 minutes in the oven. Perfect for Cinco de Mayo! #recipes #cincodemayo

To be honest, I haven’t had a real one in years. I usually eat tortilla chips and salsa for dessert when we go out for Mexican food.

🙂

As a kid, my favorite Mexican restaurant was a little hole in the wall place that was as authentic as you could get.  It’s a family owned restaurant named Connie’s, and they just celebrated their 50th anniversary.  Clearly, they know how to do Mexican food right!  Since we’d just made our own easy sopapillas at home, we decided to order fried ice cream.

Well, I decided to order fried ice cream, with Doodle declaring it “gross” and asking to go to Braum’s instead.  He changed his mind when he saw this:

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Even with three of us eating, we couldn’t finish this monstrosity!

But back to the sopapillas.  These are a super easy version, one that you can quickly throw together for a Cinco de Mayo celebration, and something the kiddos can help with.

These take only three ingredients {four with the honey}, and about 12 minutes in the oven.  Done and done.

So Easy Sopapillas
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 sheet of Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry, thawed
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • honey, for drizzling
Method
  1. Preheat your oven to 400°F.
  2. After thawing your pastry sheet, unfold it on a lightly floured surface. Cut the pastry sheet into 25 (2-inch) squares.
  3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes on a silpat lined baking sheet until the pastries are golden brown.
  4. Meanwhile, combine cinnamon and sugar in a large bowl. Add your hot pastries in batches to the bowl and coat with the sugar mixture.
  5. Drizzle the pastries with the honey before serving.
Notes
from Pepperidge Farm
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 25 pastries

53 Comments

  1. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
    Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel on April 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    I am equally obsessed with sopapillas! We have a hole-in-the-wall Mexican place near our old house and that is where my love for sopapillas began. SO amazing. I remember we’d order at least three orders of it every time we’d go, haha. These look SO delish! I am dying over their ease. And that fried ice cream. .. oh maaah gosh.
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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:41 pm

      I know! That fried ice cream was out of control…gotta figure out how to create that at home!

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:41 pm

      Thanks, Aimee!!

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:41 pm

      Thanks, Dorothy!

      Reply
  4. Sarah @ Miss Candiquik
    Sarah @ Miss Candiquik on April 22, 2013 at 8:32 am

    LOVE sopapillas. I used to work at a restaurant that had the best sopapillas and I miss them – pinning this recipe and making these this weekend! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:43 pm

      Oh my…working at a Mexican restaurant would be so dangerous for me! I’d never quit eating!

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  5. Mom
    Mom on April 22, 2013 at 8:37 am

    Yum, yum, yum. These look great!

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:43 pm

      They were!

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:44 pm

      Thanks, Nicole!

      Reply
    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 22, 2013 at 11:44 pm

      Thanks, Kristen! Easy recipes are my favorite!

      Reply
  9. jasmine
    jasmine on April 24, 2013 at 8:11 am

    These look super delicioso! I love Sopapillas, unfortunately the best Mexican restaurant around us just recently closed it’s doors. I will definitely be giving these a try!

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  11. melanie
    melanie on April 30, 2013 at 10:51 am

    Ashley….question. I’m helping give a cinco de mayo party this weekend. Can I make these in the morning and they still be good in the afternoon? (like 6 hours later) or do they have to be eaten quickly out of the oven?

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on April 30, 2013 at 11:19 am

      Hi Melanie! Well, I ate quite a few of these as leftovers, and I still thought they tasted pretty darn good. 🙂 Of course, they are best right out the oven, but I know when party planning that is not always possible! I might try placing them back in your oven on WARM, right before serving, but you’d watch to watch them closely to make sure they don’t get too brown. Good luck, and let me know how they turn out!

      Reply
  12. Julie C.
    Julie C. on May 3, 2013 at 10:03 am

    I just took these to my daughter’s International Day at school. They were a big hit and so easy to make. Thank you, Ashley!

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  13. Katie
    Katie on May 10, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    Hi Ashley! I just wanted to stop by to say that this recipe looks AMAZING and I can’t wait to make it! I actually included it in my Cinco De Mayo Recipe Round-Up last week 🙂
    ~Katie
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    • Ashley
      Ashley on May 13, 2013 at 3:07 pm

      Awwww, thank you Katie! I appreciate it’

      Reply
  14. MJ
    MJ on May 13, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    Hi- Just wanted to let you know that I tried these today with my little chef (she’s three). I’m working on finding recipes that she can help me with. These turned out great and she enjoyed serving them to her older brother, too. Thanks for the recipe!
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    • Ashley
      Ashley on May 13, 2013 at 7:01 pm

      So glad your little chef liked these! My kiddo is five, and we had a great time working on these together in the kitchen. I’m always looking for easy “recipes” for little hands! 🙂

      Reply
  15. Peggy
    Peggy on June 20, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    No offense but sopapillas shouldn’t be a flaky pastry. They are almost like a hollow donut…soft and steamy and amazing.

    I’m sure this recipe will work in an emergency but they will never be the same as a real sopapilla…sorry

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on June 21, 2013 at 9:46 am

      I agree with you, Peggy. These are not ‘real’ sopapillas; as I mentioned in my post, this is a kid-friendly version. I often like my 5-year old to help in the kitchen, but I don’t want him around hot oil. :-). I appreciate your feedback, thanks!

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  16. Pat
    Pat on July 7, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    The recipe looks great but what is silpat?

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on July 7, 2013 at 7:34 pm

      Hi Pat – a Silpat is a silicone non-stick baking sheet. It’s great for working with sticky materials like gooey batter, caramel, doughs, etc. – nothing sticks to it!

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      • Pat
        Pat on July 8, 2013 at 10:14 am

        Thanks! I bake a lot but I’ve never used silicone sheets. I plan to try this recipe tho!

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  17. Alexa
    Alexa on July 13, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Great recipe! I just made these and loved it. Just a tip, it taste more like a soapapllias if you get it out right at 11 or 12 min., if you wait the pastry will flake. Also I coated mine with melted butter then just a little bit of the sugar mixture and honey. My husband ate his with whip creamand cchocolate drizzle. Thank you for sharing this recipe honey! It was delicious and easy!!

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  18. Candy
    Candy on August 8, 2013 at 1:02 am

    These were delicious! Definitely making them again.

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on August 10, 2013 at 7:41 pm

      So glad you liked ’em, Candy. Thanks so much for stopping by!

      Reply
  20. Michell
    Michell on May 6, 2014 at 8:20 pm

    This aren’t mexican sopapillas :/, this are just pastry baked with honey. Real sopapillas have sugar and cinnamon, are fried (i know, i like light versions, but this is not one 🙁 ) and look like a empanada, oh, and are darker (like light brown).

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    • Ashley
      Ashley on May 7, 2014 at 3:22 pm

      Believe me, I’ve eaten plenty of authentic Mexican sopapillas in my day. :-). These are just a fun make at home version that my little boy enjoys helping with–we don’t deep fry at home. But thanks for commenting!

      Reply
  21. SALLIE
    SALLIE on May 7, 2014 at 4:15 pm

    DO YOU HAVE SOME SIMPLE AND EASY FUDGE RECIPES

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  22. donna
    donna on May 16, 2014 at 11:12 am

    my friend loves bunuelos. Guatemaltecos are these them ?

    Reply
  23. Elania
    Elania on July 10, 2014 at 10:28 pm

    Fried Ice Cream

    Vanilla Ice Cream
    Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
    Sugar
    Cinammon
    Honey

    Make balls(your desired size) of vanilla ice cream,
    place in freezer untill firm again.
    Crush Cereal and add your desired sugar & cinnamon mix together.
    roll balls of ice cream into cereal.
    placr in a bowl drizzle honey on top & enjoy.

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  24. Indu
    Indu on April 24, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    Hi Ashley ! I tried these and they turned out fabulous! thanks for this great recipe! 🙂

    Reply
  25. Olivia R
    Olivia R on May 1, 2020 at 8:09 pm

    These are amazing!!!! I am not the best cook but this recipe made me look great! My family loves them. Thank you so much!

    Reply

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