PINEAPPLE SOPAPILLAS

PINEAPPLE SOPAPILLAS
Makes 20
These can be made using any jam or heated fruits.

2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups peanut oil
3/4 cup water
3 cups canned pineapple, drained
1 cup white granulated sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized mixing
bowl.

Blend the oil into the dry ingredients. Stir in just enough water to make a
soft dough.

Divide the dough into 4 parts. Roll out 1 part at a time to about 1/4-inch
thick. Cut into triangles about 4 inches by 2 inches.

In a large skillet, heat the peanut oil to about 385*. Add 3 to 4 pieces of
dough at a time. Stir the oil until the sopapillas puff up like pillows.
Fry
until light brown. Lay on paper towels to drain off excess grease.

Chop the pineapple into 1/2-inch pieces. Drain off juice. Heat the
pineapple
to lukewarm in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
Open a small hole in the side of each sopapilla and spoon about 2
tablespoons of pineapple inside it.

Mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle on the top of each sopapilla.

Browning Fruit

To keep fruit such as bananas and apples from turning brown once they have
had their peels removed, sprinkle them with a small amount of lemon juice.
The acid in the juice stops the sugars in the fruits from reacting with the
air to produce the brown color