The FLUFFIEST Trini Fry Bake

There is nothing better than a hot fry bake with butter and cheese! My Mom taught me how to make fry bake, and today I’m sharing our recipe with you. Get more Trini recipes here:    • How to Make Tomatoes and Saltfish🍅🍅   Growing up, often when it rained, we would make fry bake, tomatoes and saltfish together for dinner. Mom would roll out the dough and I helped her to fry, and in no time at all we would finish frying 10-15 bakes. This recipe makes about 6-8 bakes and can be easily doubled. Hope you give this recipe a try. Enjoy 😊 Ingredients: 2 cups flour ½ tsp salt ½ tsp instant yeast 1 ½ tsp baking powder 1 tsp sugar 1 tbsp soft butter About 3/4 to 1 cup of warm water About 2 cups of vegetable oil for frying Directions: 1. Combine flour, salt, yeast, baking powder and sugar in a bowl. Add butter and incorporate into the flour. Slowly add about 3/4 cup of water to bring the flour together until it forms a soft dough. 2. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for about 5- 8minutes until soft, smooth and elastic. 3. Return to bowl, cover and leave to raise for about 25-30 minutes. 4. Divide and shape the dough into 6-8 smaller dough balls, depending on how large you want your fry bakes to be. 5. On a lightly floured surface, press the balls down and shape into flat circles. Using a rolling pin, continue rolling and shaping the dough into a small circle about ¼ inch thick. Don’t make the circles too thick or thin as they will not fry properly. 6. While you are shaping and rolling the dough, heat about 2 cups of oil in a medium pan with high sides. I like to use a pan with high sides to prevent any oil from bubbling out during frying. You can test the oil to know if it is hot enough by inserting a wooden skewer into it- if small bubbles from around the skewer, the oil is hot enough. 7. On a medium to high heat fry the dough. You may need to adjust the heat while frying to keep the oil at a manageable temperature. Use a slotted spoon for frying. 8. Add the dough gently to the hot oil. Let fry for a few seconds until the first side starts to puff up. Then flip over to the other side to cook. Rotate and continue flipping the bake to ensure even cooking and browning. I like to hold the bakes up to the side of the pan to help ensure the sides of the bake are evenly browned while cooking. I also like to spoon hot oil onto the top side of the bake while the bottom cooks. 9. Cook the bakes to your desired colour, I like my bakes golden brown of course. 10. Drain any excess oil from the bake before removing from the oil. Transfer to a paper towel lined bowl/tray and continue frying the rest of the dough. Enjoy hot. #cooking #howto #recipe