Traditional Mexican buñuelos are a crunchy, crispy dessert snack, Mexican fritters, if you will, or crisp pastries made from dough that is flattended and shaped to resemble a king size tortilla. There are many ways to make buñuelos, my family makes them the easy way and why not share this traditional dish that could be made in a SNAP?
For me, Christmas wouldn’t be the same if a pile of buñuelos were not sitting on a plate for all to enjoy as a nosh. Some folks make their own tortilla dough, but in a pinch, we use the store bought tortillas. You could prepare them in sprinkled sugar and cinnamon or glaze them in a syrup sauce. Take this simple recipe and enjoy a little taste of a Mexican Christmas.
Ingredients for buñuelos:
1 – cup vegetable oil
1 – dozen flour tortillas
1 – cup surgar
3 – teaspoons cinnamon
Ingredients for glaze:
2 – cups water
1 – piloncillo
1 – cinnamon stick
2 – anise stars
1/2 – cup honey
In a large frying pan add oil over a medium high flame. Once oil is hot add a flour tortilla and fry till golden crisp on each side (about 3 to 4 minutes). Remove from flame and drain for 5 minutes on a paper towel. Then either sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon or brush with syrup glaze.
How to make sugar mixture: Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
How to make syrup: In a sauce pan over a medium flame add water, piloncillo, cinnamon stick and anise stars. Mix till piloncillo dissolves. Then let boil for 5 minutes. Next add in honey and mix to combine/melt into syrup. Remove from flame allow to cool for 10 minutes then brush on buñuelo.
I’m happy with tamale & buñuelos during Christmas. These look so yummy! I love your little green reindeer heeee!
This look very nice. Will try them without the sugar, and maybe have them with some of this apple butter: http://nosugarnocry.com/sharons-apple-butter/
I love how every country has a different tradition for the holidays.
yay!
Thank you for posting this Nicole, I wish I had time to post my mom’s yummy buñuelos.
Maybe next year finally 🙂
Presley.. I need to try this… Happy holidays !
i love learning about holiday food traditions. this looks soooo yummy!
yum
thanks going to make this
Now these are the buñuelos I grew up with! My abuelito made them for Christmas and rainy days. I love that you made them with the traditional syrup too! 🙂
Wou! Tengo que probarlos! En Colombia también tenemos buñuelos, pero bien distintos a estos que presentas. Se ve deli!!
I love bunuelos! I used to make them for my children when they were young and I called them pooh bear snacks and drizzled them with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. A great after school snack! I have not thought of bunuelos for years!
Thank you for posting this!
aaahh, thanks for the recipe. My mom used to make them during this time every year, but she passed away without giving me the recipe. I will try to make them and see if they taste like hers 🙂
Carmen
These look beautiful, but does anyone have the recipe from scratch, I would greatly appreciate it..