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 finished 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.
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 Tbsp melted butter
- 1 Tbsp 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 about 13 minutes.
- Let cool two minutes and break into bite size pieces.
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Categories: Desserts
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.
Awe what wonderful memories! I hope you enjoy these as much as we did! Thank you!
I never heard of Elephant Ears before but these look amazing! Really nice healthy alternative using the tortillas.
In other areas they are called fried dough. Thank you Jessica!
Looks great 🙂
Thanks!
Whew! I though it’s real elephant ear.
Hahaha!
So good and so simple!
Thank you Kathleen!
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!
Yes it basically is the same thing! So delicious! You were a lucky girl…lol
Looks tasty… and the name is so eloquent 😀 Thank you for sharing! 🙂
You’re welcome! Have a great week!
Looks simple and yummy 😀
Thank you!
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…
Thank you PS! You can also dust with powdered sugar.
Aww..Thank you for the tip…
You’re welcome!
Phew! I thought it was a real elephant ear.
Hahaha if it was larger it can look like one!
This looks really good! I really like how you add step by step on how to make all of your recipes!
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!
Wowza a sweet treat indeed gotta try it wonderful post
I bet these would be wonderful. I must try them.
They are and so easy! Thanks!
I’ve never heard of these! But I can see where they would be fun to make and serve. 🙂
I love it when recipes are easy enough for the little one to make them. It’s funny because if they make them, there is never any left. If I make the same thing they are never as good..hahahaha
Lol It’s a fun experience they will remember.
I have never heard of these before. I love cinnamon toast so I am pretty sure I will like these. I have all the makings so will have to make myself and Elephant Ear. Thank you, for posting this.
You’re welcome! I absolutely love these! They are so easy and quick to make and you don’t have to deal with a week of sweets sitting around the house like a batch of cookies or cake.
For sure and cookies or cake around the house is not what I need. 🙂
Great idea for those desperate moments when one needs something sweet NOW! 😊
I completely agree! Thank you!
This is the first time that I ever heard of elephant ears. They look delightful.
They are usually made with fried dough…so good but messy and full of grease. This recipe is quick, no grease and the same great cinnamon taste. Thank you Sheryl!
Those elephant ears look delicious. Having read the instructions, I reckon even I could make them!
Pat
Absolutely you can! My 7 year old granddaughter had no problem and they are delicious!
Thank you for sharing!!
I’ve recently had my first-ever elephant ear. It was HUUUUUUGE! It was dusted with powder sugar instead of cinnamon. It was so good, but because of a slight breeze, more of the sugar ended up in my hair, on my face, on my shoes, and on my body than in my mouth.
What an easy and interesting recipe that is. I think I might have to try that.
Aren’t they amazing!!!!! Have you tried a funnel cake yet? I like cinnamon on my elephant ears and powdered sugar on my funnel cake! That had to be hilarious seeing you covered in powdered sugar….lol
Yes, I’ve had funnel cake. I really had no idea what I was missing. Have you had a deep fried Snickers?
It totally was. I just prayed cops wouldn’t stop me thinking I was snorting coke.
Yes I had deep fried Snickers but I didn’t like it. Go figure I’d rather just eat the Snickers bar….lol OMG that is hilarious I bet it did look like you were snorting!!!!
I thought the Snickers was interesting. Not bad, but a regular Snickers definitely works better. I think the nuts weren’t as crunchy.