How to Make Fried Dough at Home

Making fried dough at home without a deep fryer is easier than it sounds! Make it for a dinner treat, or for a get together with friends.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Frozen bread dough
• Canola Oil
• Deep frying pan
• Tongs
• Flour
• Toppings

1. You can purchase many different kinds of frozen dough. If you're like me you like cheap as possible. I suggest buying frozen dough from Walmart. They're cheap brand comes with a quantity of three. You are going to want to thaw the dough over night in the refrigerator.

2. Get out your deep frying pan, and place it on the stove. Pour the canola oil pan about 1 1/2-2" deep. Set burner on medium heat. Let the oil heat up so it will fry the dough evenly.

3. Take out a loaf of dough. Place it on a plate with a small amount of flour spread around. This is to prevent dough from sticking to the plate. Cut the dough into 6 pieces. Flatten, and stretch out the dough so that it's almost at a see through consistency. No need to worry about the shape of the dough. It gets eaten no matter the design. It should be a minimum of 6" in length and width as well.

4. Check the oil to see if it's hot. A good way to do this is by taking a wooden spoon, and placing the handle directly in the middle of the pan. If the oil starts to bubble up around the handle it is time to add your dough.

5. Place dough carefully into the oil, as quickly as possible with out it splattering. Let it cook for about 30 seconds to 1 minute on each side. The goal is to have both sides a light crispy golden brown. Remove with tongs, and place on a plate. Repeat these steps as many times as needed for the amount of fried dough you would like to cook.

6. Now the fun part. Add your toppings. It is always good to spread a little bit of butter on top of the dough so your toppings will stick. Most use cinnamon sugar or powder sugar. Others like to use fruity toppings like apple or cherry.

Tips & Warnings

• Experiment with many different types of toppings!
• Have all the dough stretched and ready to go, so you can keep adding dough to the oil after each one is done.
• Make it fun by trying to make different designs!
• Do not check the oil by splashing water, it could cause a flame to spark!
• Remember that hot oil tends to bubble, watch out for it!

[honeyangel81]

on 4/17/2009 I tried this and it came out great. Thanks for the article.

[RENorton]

on 4/14/2009 Great article. Very well-written with some great tips for making fried dough at home. My wife and I will have to try this soon. Thanks!

[GilinAtlanta]

on 4/10/2009 Sounds yummy. The better Mexican restaurants have something similar, which they call a Sopapilla (pronounced soap-a-p-ya). They typically serve it topped with cinnamon and sugar with a serving of maple syrup. Others fill with Boston cream and serve hot with vanilla ice cream. I'll have to try this when the ruler of the kitchen isn't around. She hates the thought of grease spattering on her range top! Good article!