{"id":20416,"date":"2020-09-30T14:58:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T21:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=20416"},"modified":"2020-09-30T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T23:44:16","slug":"sopapilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sopapilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Sopapilla vs Indian Fry Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The difference between a sopapilla and Indian Fry Bread is that fry bread uses water (or half water and half milk)&nbsp; They are essentially the same though.&nbsp; In Washington, these are called Elephant Ears.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon honey1 tablespoon honey<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup whole milk<\/li>\n<li>Shortening, (or canola oil, peanut oil or lard, for frying)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the honey and whole milk.<\/li>\n<li>Using your hands, mix the dough together until it forms a sticky mass.<\/li>\n<li>Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and allow to rest for 20 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Heat shortening, canola oil or peanut oil or lard in a cast-iron skillet (or medium pot), add enough fat so it reaches 2-inches up the sides of the skillet\/pot.<\/li>\n<li>Heat up your oil to 350 degrees.\n<ol>\n<li>For a sopapilla, lightly flour your work surface and rolling pin. If the dough is at all sticky (it shouldn\u2019t be after it rested) feel free to sprinkle it with a bit of flour so it doesn\u2019t adhere to the surface.&nbsp; Flatten to about 1\/8 inch thick.&nbsp; Continue to Step 7<\/li>\n<li>For Fry Bread make a ball, then flatten the ball as thinly as possible with your hands and fingers.&nbsp; Continue to Step 8<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cut the dough into 4 x 3-inch rectangles. Again, the measurements don\u2019t have to be exact, you can definitely eyeball this.<\/li>\n<li>Before you fry them up, be sure to get your honey and powdered sugar ready.<\/li>\n<li>Line a baking sheet or plate with a few layers of paper towels or clean kitchen towel.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the oil up again to 375 degrees F.<\/li>\n<li>Gently slide the dough into the hot oil, frying two at a time, for about a minute, flipping them over at the halfway point.<\/li>\n<li>They should be lightly golden brown\u2014not too crispy.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer them to the bed of paper towels to drain, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat with the remaining dough.<\/li>\n<li>Best when eaten hot.<\/li>\n<li>Serve them with honey and fruit preserves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The difference between a sopapilla and Indian Fry Bread is that fry bread uses water (or half water and half milk)&nbsp; They are essentially the same though.&nbsp; In Washington, these are called Elephant Ears. 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 tablespoon honey1 tablespoon honey &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sopapilla\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sopapilla vs Indian Fry Bread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20416"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20421,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20416\/revisions\/20421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}