Baked Elephant Ear
Whenever I go to our festivals and fairs, I have to buy an Elephant Ear to eat. No these are not real Elephant Ears! Dough deep-fried in oil and covered in cinnamon sugar makes these one of my favorite fair foods. Now that winter is just around the corner, the festivals and fairs are done for this year.
I thought I would make my own healthier version by baking tortillas instead of deep-frying the dough. My grandchildren love cinnamon and so do I. Since they are visiting today I thought we would try some. We had an entire new bag of extra-large flour tortillas so I thought I would try to make Elephant Ears out of a few of them to see how they would taste. They bubbled up just like the fried dough Elephant Ears do and tasted amazing. What an easy and quick way to make these delicious treats!
All you need is four ingredients!
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and put one extra-large tortilla on it.
Using a pastry brush cover the tortilla with butter.
Mix the cinnamon and sugar together then sprinkle it over the top of the tortilla.
Bake at 350 degrees for 13 minutes or until Elephant Ear is crisp.
Let it cool a few minutes, break it into edible size pieces and enjoy!
Easy Baked Elephant Ears
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Ingredients
1 extra-large flour tortilla
1 Tbl melted butter
1 Tbl sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
Place tortilla on baking sheet and brush the top with melted butter.
Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle it on top of the tortilla covering the entire tortilla.
Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 13 minutes or until tortilla is crisp.
Let cool two minutes and break into bite size pieces.
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These look so good! My grandmother, at Christmastime, would make bunuelos (a similar Spanish treat) from scratch. I am looking forward to making your version… Elephant Ears, thanks.
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Awe what wonderful memories! I hope you enjoy these as much as we did! Thank you!
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I never heard of Elephant Ears before but these look amazing! Really nice healthy alternative using the tortillas.
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In other areas they are called fried dough. Thank you Jessica!
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Looks great 🙂
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Thanks!
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Whew! I though it’s real elephant ear.
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Hahaha!
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So good and so simple!
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Thank you Kathleen!
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It reminds me of what mom does with her left over pie crust. Rolls it out, brushes it with butter, sprinkles the sugar and cinnamon on top, rolls it up into a log and then cuts them to an inch and a half. Bakes them in the oven on parchment. We looked forward to them more than the pie itself!
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Yes it basically is the same thing! So delicious! You were a lucky girl…lol
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Looks tasty… and the name is so eloquent 😀 Thank you for sharing! 🙂
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You’re welcome! Have a great week!
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Looks simple and yummy 😀
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Thank you!
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Awesome and interesting!!!I like the name and recipe.. It’s so easy to make..I should try this..I always like quick recipes… Love it…
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Thank you PS! You can also dust with powdered sugar.
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Aww..Thank you for the tip…
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You’re welcome!
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Phew! I thought it was a real elephant ear.
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Hahaha if it was larger it can look like one!
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This looks really good! I really like how you add step by step on how to make all of your recipes!
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Thank you Cortlyn! I thought there are so many new cooks every day and by doing the step by step it makes cooking more appealing to them. Also, if somebody doesn’t understand the recipe they can look at the step by step directions and figure it out. But of course they can always contact me and I am happy to help understand any of my recipes! Have a great day!
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