General Dough Recipes
- Get yeast and salt ready.
- Put flour in a mixing bowl.
- Crumble yeast and salt into a glass of warm water and stir up to disolve.
- Create a hole in the middle of the flour, and pour the mix of water into the middle.
- Place dough on the bench.
- Work the dough by throwing, folding and letting go, that is, kneading.
- Doughy hands are okay!
- Johny Cake ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2-4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons room temperature butter
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil for frying
Directions
- Mix dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and work in the butter with your fingers.
- Add 1 cup of water to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Sprinkle some extra flour onto a flat surface and knead the dough until smooth and elastic. Feel free to sprinkle additional flour on the surface as needed.
- Allow the dough to sit in a clean bowl covered with a towel for at least 30 minutes.
- After dough has rested, heat the oil in frying pan over medium heat.
- Create small balls of dough and roll out the dough into circles on a lightly-floured surface with a rolling pin or the palm of your hand. Be sure to not make them too thin.
- Pierce each piece with a fork or sharp knife several times and then drop in hot oil.
- Fry on each side until golden brown.
- Allow to cool and drain on paper towel or brown paper bag.
Sopaipas cordobesas
Ingredients
200 g. flour
100 ml water
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of yeast or baking soda
2 spoons of olive oil
