Sopapillas

This weeks International Cooking Class was fabulous! Sister Garcia taught us how to make Sopapillas. We were all so busy eating that we forgot to take photos.

Because so many of you have asked for the recipe we have included it at the end of this post. Thank you Sister Garcia for teaching this class, we all thoroughly enjoyed it. We hope to see more of you at next months class.

The sliced pieces of dough before they are fried.

Frying up the sopapilla dough.

Sopapilla Recipe

1 package dry yeast

1/4 cup lukewarm water

3/4 cup milk

6 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

2 Tbsp. butter

1 beaten egg

3 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in water. Bring milk, sugar, and salt to a boil. Stir in butter. Cool to lukewarm. Stir in yeast mixture, then egg. Beat in flour. Cover dough and let rise for 1 1/2 hours. Knead the dough and let rest for 15 minutes. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 4x4 strips.

Fry in oil at 350 until golden brown turning only once.

Meat for the Sopapillas

Ground beef or ground turkey

1 onion chopped

2 cloves garlic

2 roated green chilies (or 1, 4 oz can of green chile)

1/4 cup salsa

salt and pepper to taste

Brown meat with onion. Add all the other ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes.

Once the dough is cooked open one end of the sopapilla and fill with the meat, guacamole, salsa, cheese etc.

These are super delicious!

International Cooking Class

Sister Sakamoto and Sister Nunez taught a great class on how to make Pabellon Criollo and Tres Leches. It was a great class and everyone enjoyed the great food and great company. Here are some pictures of the activity.

SUPER SATURDAY CRAFTS

WAY TO BE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Chapel

Lunch will be provided

Babysitting will be provided for those with no alternative.

Following are pictures and information on the crafts we will be making.

ALL ORDERS AND MONEY MUST BE RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 20.

TEMPLE PLAQUE

$5 includes picture of temple of your choice, wood and paint.

You will need to email me the temple you would like so I can have it printed and ready for the evening.

HAIR CLIPS AND HAIR BANDS

Hair clips and hair bands - $2 EACH

If you use your own fabric, the cost will be $1.00

THANK YOU CARDS

Set of 3 cards - $5

ART GALLERY BOARD

Each - $6

We will paint ALL the boards black. If you would like a different color you will need to paint your own board prior to the activity. All vinyls will be white.

I still haven't completed this board :( I am trying to find a metal strip to attach to the bottom so you can use magnets to hang your kids art on the board. If I cannot find something to place there we will use pegs.

LOOK WHAT I DID

Each - $3

We will paint ALL the boards black. If you would like a different color you will need to paint your own board prior to the activity. All vinyls will be white.

BE TILE

This is a 12 x 12 tile. Includes tile and vinyl - $6

FAMILY PHOTO HOLDER

The first one is free. Each additional piece is .75 cents

WALL ART

A SET OF 4 WALL HANGINGS - $8 (includes painted pieces of wood and scrapbook paper)

USING YOUR OWN PAPER - $6.50

We will provide black and white scrapbooking paper and paint ALL the pieces of wood BLACK. If you want different colors for your wall art, please let us know so we can get you the pieces of wood prior to the activity. If you would like to use your own scrapbooking paper the price will be $6.50.

Rolling in the Dough

After eating all the fabulous bread today I think we all felt a little like we were rolling out of Sister Donnelson's home. Todays bread class was GREAT. We had around 23 sisters attend and had a great time. Sister Donnelson and Sister McKee did a fantastic job showing us shortcuts to making fabulous bread. We thank you both for the time you put into creating some yummy eats and showing us how easy and versatile bread making can be.

Donna and Connie working their magic.

Savory Twist. Below is a short clip of the method used to twist the dough.

Pizza Rolls. Below is the demo for the pizza rolls.

Car Service

We are grateful to Brother Sleeper for giving us some great tips on how to take better care of our cars. Brother Sleeper is so smart when it comes to cars and we are so thankful he shared some of his knowledge with us tonight. We had a fun night and missed so many of you!

Here are some pictures.

Sister Mackey was a trooper trying to get the nut thingys off the tire.

(Can you tell that I probably

need a few more car classes?)

Sister Boix's husband was also very helpful!

Let's Dump Some Chicken!

Sister Droste taught our first freezer class today. Who would have known that making freezer meals would be so easy? Sister Droste has a wealth of information on how to freeze just about anything. We would strongly recommend you try to attend at least one of these classes.

Thank you Sister Droste for making this such an enjoyable class, we all had a blast!

Don't forget you have another chance to learn some of these great recipes this

Saturday, July 31st.

If you are not able to attend any of this months freezer classes but would like the recipes, please let us know.

Here are the kids enjoying a snack.

A Little Brazilian Cooking

We are all familiar with the cooking talents of Sister Samways and Sister Short. They did not disappoint us today when they taught a Brazilian Cooking class. They taught us how to make two Brazilian dishes - Bobo's Shrimp and Brazilian Pudding, both of which were DELICIOUS!

We had a great turn out but missed many of you. We hope to see you at our next International Cooking class which will be in August with Sister Rodriguez teaching us how to make delicious Puerto Rican dishes. But in the mean time here are some mouth watering pictures of what we made today.

Sister Short making part of the Bobo Shrimp.

Brazilian Pudding