Snack · 60 min · mexican

Buñuelos con Piloncillo

Weeknight-friendly Mexican cooking: Buñuelos con Piloncillo comes together in 60 minutes with all-purpose flour, eggs, and not much else. At 460 calories and 7g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Naturally vegetarian, it scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 3 cups All-purpose flour
• 2 Eggs
• 4 tbsp Butter
• 3/4 cup Warm water
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 8 oz Piloncillo
• 2 cups Water
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 4 cups Vegetable oil

Steps

1. Knead the flour, eggs, butter, and warm water into a smooth dough. Rest 30 minutes — rested dough stretches paper thin without tearing.
2. Roll each ball into a tissue-thin round, letting the edges go almost transparent.
3. Fry in 350°F oil, holding each buñuelo flat with a spider for the first seconds so it does not balloon. Flip once, until golden and crisp.
4. Drain on a rack and dust with cinnamon sugar while hot, or...
5. Simmer the piloncillo with water and cinnamon into a dark syrup.
6. Serve the crisp buñuelos with the hot piloncillo syrup poured over, or on the side for dunking.

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