Monday, January 10

Snowed in= deliciosas sopaipillas

I'm sure you all have had at least ONE birthday celebration at a mexican restaurant... right?
well, you've most likely recieved the embarassing sobrero allong with the the unknown bready-crispy substance covered in amazing cinnamon sauce with some ice cream and a candle. know what that is? its SOPAPILLAS!

as my husband and I are snowed in our apartment, we got a little tired of watching Bones episodes, so we decided to try something new. We have about 1/2 cup of milk, and one egg. what do to what to do....

Oh! i found a recipe that only uses one egg, and no milk! perfect!

Hello Cream cheese spirals. you remind me a lot of my friend sopapilla, except, rolled up. Delicioso!


so, here is the process it took to end up with this! recipe card to follow, of course :)

started with the sugar, butter, and cream cheese. blended until it made a thick, creamy dough-ish texture.



sifted in the flour

mixed it in more, ended up like this:



split the dough in half to make 2 batches, rolled into balls and pressed onto wax paper.
after this, chill in the fridge for it to harden and thicken up some.

meanwhile, i made the stuff to fill it with. (i chose not to do the nuts)

1 egg white

brown sugar and cinnamon

"like so..." (i hate that phrase)




 now take the dough, roll it out to a perfect 11" circle. I eyeballed this one, which turned out perfect, of course. (KIDDING! ha. i rolled it out, and used my plate to cut a perfect circle.)
also, slice it until you have 16 slices.
 


brushed on the egg mixture, layed down some of the brown sugar/ cinnamon...


 then roll up like crescent rolls!



after this, simply place on a pan and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes 


"until golden brown"

YUM.

(by the way, if these are hard to read, sometimes clicking on the picture opens a new window and you can see it a little bigger. if it is still too small, holding the shift button while pressing the + sign zooms in)



disfrutar!
(enjoy!)