How To Make Bunuelos--Michael

In my family, whenever there was a special occasion or holiday, my grandpa would make something called bunuelos. These have been made popular in the spanish speaking world, and in english, they translate to fritters. On these “fritters” my grandpa would put cinnamon and sugar and syrup in order to give them a sweet taste. This dessert is good for anytime of the year, even when it is hot or cold outside, there isn't a bad time to eat them. He has been making these desserts for years and had even taught my mom how to make them when she was older. When I was younger, he would make them so often, I even had made some with him in elementary school for a potluck that we had. I even had to make a presentation about what I brought in, where it originated from, how to make it, and who had helped me to make it. When I had explained what it was and brought these in, many of my classmates had loved them and had told me that they wanted to make some as well. By doing this, I finally knew how to make this delicious dessert. This should not be a long process to make, it will take about anywhere from 1-2 hours and surprisingly, it does not have that many calories in it. Here are the ingredients that you're going to need if you also want to make it.
INGREDIENTS:

• -  3 Cups of Flour
  
• -  1 Tablespoon of Baking Powder
  
• -  1 Tablespoon of Salt
  
• -  1 Tablespoon of Sugar
  
• -  2Eggs
  
• -  3⁄4CupofMil
  
• -  1⁄2 Cup of Butter or Margarine
  
• -  Oil
  DIRECTIONS:
  

1. In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1⁄2 teaspoon of salt.
   
2. Form a circle in the center of the bowl and add the egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Mix these things until the mixture is like a coarse meal. Then add a tablespoon of water, mixing it until you have a soft dough. This process will take about five minutes to do. Then cover the dough with a paper towel and let it sit for about 30 minutes.
   
3. While waiting for the dough, make sure to get everything you need to actually craft your bunuelos. These things will include, a rolling pin, a large bowl, more flour for rolling the circles, and a frying pan with vegetable oil to fry the bunuelos.
   
4. Once the dough is ready, divide it into 12 small balls and cover it. Then heat 3⁄4 inch of oil to the frying pan.
   
5. Place one of the balls onto a floured surface and stretch it with a rolling pin. You will stretch each ball as thin as possible without breaking the dough in any way.
   
6. To get it a little more stretched, place a bunuelo on any inverted bowl covered with a pastry towel and pull on the edges gently. By this time, the bunuelo should be very thin. Before actually cooking the bunuelo, place it onto a tablecloth on a large table to dry the dough. By doing this, it will be crispier and it will also take in less oil while cooking.
   

7. Fry the bunuelos in hot oil until they look like they are golden and crispy. This will only take a few minutes due to how hot the oil is set at. Then place the bunuelos onto a plate covered with paper towels so you can get all the excess oil off. Then once it cools down, sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon. These can be served at room temperature or even warmer, the only thing you'll need to do if you do want it warmer is place the batch in the oven in a low setting for five minutes.
After this whole process, you will have your own bunuelos and they should be amazing and looking like this!