Crescentine are small bread rolls made in Tuscany, Italy. The dough is made from flour, water, salt and yeast. Some recipes enrich it with milk and / or eggs. The dough is rolled out ¼ inch (½ cm) thick. Classically, in Florence, the dough is cut into diamond shapes, then deep fried. It comes out […]
Fry Bread
Fry Bread is a bread made by Native Americans, particularly by American Indians in the south-west. It is sold everywhere as a fast food through the south-west, by natives and non-natives alike. It is a flat-bread anywhere from 4 inches (10 cm) wide to as wide as a frisbee and is made from flour, salt, […]
Sopaipillas
Sopaipillas are fried bread rolls that are sometimes described as a fritter. Though somewhat similar to Fry Bread, they are somewhat lighter, and not doughy. Instead, they are crisp, and puff up, forming a pocket inside them that can be stuffed with refried beans, cheese, meat, etc. Some recipes use baking powder, some use yeast […]
Utah Scones
Utah Scones bear no resemblance to actual scones, aside from the use of wheat flour to make them. They are made from regular yeasted bread dough and deep-fried. There is no standard shape for them. They are sometimes made square or round, or rolled into small balls. They can be also shaped into individual rectangular […]