I always do best answer! Sopapillas in the mail? ?

Question

Long story short, I'm hispanic and my best friend thinks that tortillas with brown sugar on them are 'just like sopapillas!' Sadly, I don't think she's ever eaten a real sopapilla. But I live in Arizona and she lives in Washington, so I can't just have her come over and eat some. But would sopapillas hold up in the mail? I'd really like to send her some!

Answer 1

They wouldn't. Blech.

Get her to buy some at her local Panchos.

Answer 2

I sincerely doubt they would.  Once she got them, she'd have to reheat them.  And being in the box, even wrapped, I can't imagine they'd retain any consistency or flavor.  They're best eaten fresh, right away, straight from the cooker (or fryer).  Just tell her how they are actually made.  

Answer 3

In reality they can be made several ways and your friend is partially right. Although you never use cooked tortillas for sopapillas you should only be using the raw dough.

But I would save my money and make sopapillas like my family makes them at our restaurant. We just use bisquick biscuits, flatten then out poke a few holes in them and deep fry them on 350 until light golden brown and only flip once.

Once out of the oil we dip em in a sugar/cinnamon mix and serve with strawberries and whipped or honey and butter.