• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Lilyrose Bakers Blog logo

  • About

How to make Bunuelos (Binuelos)

Nov 29, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Bunuelos is one of my all time favorite food memories from my childhood and I’m so excited to teach you how to make them. My Abuela, my maternal grandmother, always made us bunuelos, or binuelos as we pronounced them every year around Chanukah. My brothers, cousins and I would wait all year to taste the sweet, hot, fried dough doused in sugar.

When my parents moved to Israel, my mom took over the tradition of making binuelos and these days me and my daughters make them too.

Close up of Binuelos - moroccan donuts.

What are bunuelos?

Bunuelos, also known as Sfinge, are traditional Moroccan doughnuts covered in sugar, Different customs use different sugars, my family always used granulated sugar, some families use confectioners sugar and some also make a sugar syrup glaze for dipping.

What does binuelos mean in English?

Bunuelos is the Spanish word for donuts.

When are these traditional doughnuts eaten?

Traditionally, in Jewish homes, bunuelos are eaten during Chanukah when we have a tradition to eat fried foods to commemorate the miracle of the olive oil that lasted 8 days.

What ingredients do you need to make Bunuelos?

You need basic pantry ingredients to create this delicious sweet dough.

  • Water
  • Yeast, I use instant
  • Sugar
  • Flour, I use all purpose
  • Neutral oil such as canola for the donuts and extra for frying
  • Salt, I like to use sea salt

How are bunuelos made?

It’s not hard to make these, but it can be messy and requires a bit of advanced planning. Just follow these simple steps and you’re going to have the best Chanukah donuts ever!

  1. First step is to dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
  2. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon.
  3. The dough is going to be very sticky! That’s how it should be, don’t add flour.
  4. Next, cover the bowl with Saran Wrap and a towel and let the dough rise for about 2 hours.
  5. Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan, or a large pot.
  6. Oil your hands and form donut shapes.
  7. Fry the donuts until golden brown and dip in granulated sugar while still hot.
  8. Eat them fresh and warm!
  • bunuelos dipped in white sugar

Can you freeze bunuelos?

You can freeze bunuelos, but I don’t recommend it! These donuts taste best when they’re fresh out of the fryer, and you can be sure there won’t be any leftovers to freeze 🙂

You may also like these recipes:

These Cinnamon Donut Muffins from the blog are a great donut hack!

These Honey Donuts from my friend Alexandria’s blog the Foreign Fork.

Loaf pan filled with doughnuts
I love when you try my recipes! Please rate this recipe and let me know how you liked it in the comments below. 

Happy Baking!

Close up of Binuelos - moroccan donuts.

How to make Bunuelos

Bunuelos, Binuelos, Sfing, Sufganiyot. Fried dough covered in sugar, wahetevr you call them, Chanukah wouldn't be the same without these!
Print Pin Rate
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack, Treat
Cuisine: Jewish, Moroccan
Keyword: chanukah, Donuts, hanukkah, holiday, Jewish, treat
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Rising Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 15 donuts
Calories: 165kcal
Cost: $5

Equipment

  • Candy thermometer (optional)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups warm water
  • 2 Tablespoons instant yeast
  • 4 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ⅛ cup canola oil
  • neutral oil (such as canola) for frying

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl mix warm water and yeast. Let sit for 5 minutes.
  • Add flour, salt, sugar and oil and mix with a wooden spoon until a sticky dough forms.
    The dough will be very sticky, don't add flour.
  • Cover and let rise for about 2 hours.
  • Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan or pot. If using a candy thermometer, heat oil to 360°F.
  • Cover hands in oil and seperate a small ball of dough, using your oiled fingers make a hole in the ball to form a donut shape.
  • Drop donut into hot oil and fry on each side for 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
  • Remove from oil to a paper towel, and dip hot donuts into granulated sugar.

Notes

The dough is a very sticky dough. Don’t worry, it’s supposed to be that way! 

Nutrition

Calories: 165kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 313mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 2mg

Thanks for Sharing!

  • Share
  • Tweet

Donuts, Holidays

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Welcome!

Hi, thanks so much for being here! I'm Rosa, a certified pastry chef, food stylist & photographer and a mom of 5. I love creating easy but yummy recipes, perfect for the busy parent. Read More…

Sign up for more recipes like these

rosa_seidenwar

Check out our Instagram

Rosa ✨ Stop Motion Creator
✨Superfoods for 🐶✨ Pt 2 Here’s part 2 of ✨Superfoods for 🐶✨ Pt 2

Here’s part 2 of the behind the scenes from the @millsforpets shoot!

This was challenging for me because, as a vegetarian, fish and meat kind of gross me out.. I used a paper towel to move the proteins around and it was a great solution!

✨✨✨
Stop motion is the perfect video technique to highlight the unique quality of this dog food - that it’s made from fresh produce 🥬! 

By having the fresh ingredients pop out of the dog food bags we can visually showcase why this dog food is so great for your dog and why you should buy it! 

See my feed for part 1 if you missed it and stay tuned for part 3 🙌🏻

#dogfoods #stopmotionstudio #behindthescenes🎬 #rosastopmotion✨
✨💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻✨

We clean up nice 😊 

Fun stop Motion Magic to get ready for the wedding last night!

Ok let’s be honest. 
Comfort is my number 1. 
Always was and always will be. 
I’m super sensitive when it comes to touch/ feel etc so sweatshirts, cotton tshirts, leggings, sweatpants, cotton black skirts… that’s all I ever want to be wearing.. and thankfully that’s what I do!

Did I have an amazing time last night?! Yes!!!
Would it have been even better in sweats and no makeup? Duh!!!

But I will say, if I have to be wearing a full face of makeup- I’d want @eliannamakeuup to be doing it! She was super quick, and she was able to do something that complimented me but also not look like too much- and it stayed on ALL day and ALL night!!! Super impressive!

Those fake eyelashes on the other hand… 🫣

(Also, super random… I ended up with different shoes 😂 but this was option 2…)

Ok, we’re ready for the next wedding now @drayster817 💃🏻

#stopmotionvideo #stopmotionstudio #weddingready
✨Superfoods for 🐶✨ So so excited to have b ✨Superfoods for 🐶✨

So so excited to have been working with not 1, but 2 different pet food brands in the past few months! 

This video that I created for @millsforpets highlights the incredible superfood ingredients in the different dog foods they offer!

The video is a long one so I split it up to show you the behind the scenes in a few parts! Stay tuned for part 2 coming soon! 

What’s been really cool for me is seeing this video that I created as a Sponsored Ad on FB and IG 🥳🥳

Let me know if you spot it out in the wild too!!! 

#dogfoodie #stopmotionstudio #dogmomlife🐾 #stopmotionfood
✨Happy Purim✨ #purim #purim2023 #jewishholida ✨Happy Purim✨

#purim #purim2023 #jewishholidays #netflix #stopmotion
✨Rude Health BTS✨ Here’s a small look into ✨Rude Health BTS✨

Here’s a small look into how I created this video for the Israeli importers of @rudehealth 🎬

Going to share more in my stories so check it out!
Let me know in the comments if you want to see more technical aspects of this shoot, set up, lighting etc.. 🎥

Also if you missed it ✨ this stop motion I created for them is currently on billboards in Tel Aviv 🤯🥳 see my highlight for videos!!

#stopmotionanimation #stopmotionstudio #stopmotionfood #behindthescenes🎬 #rosastopmotion✨
✨Tel Aviv Billboards✨ Sooooo crazy!!!! This ✨Tel Aviv Billboards✨

Sooooo crazy!!!! 

This video that I created for the Israeli importers of @rudehealth health is live on billboards across Tel Aviv 💃🏻💃🏻

Check out my stories to see the billboards!!! Sooo cool! 

Plus lots of behind the scenes form this shoot coming so stay tuned!

#rudehealth #stopmotion #stopmotionstudio #stopmotionfood #nondairymilk #stopmotionmaker #rosastopmotion✨
✨Carmella✨ Guyssss I’m so excited to finall ✨Carmella✨

Guyssss I’m so excited to finally share!!! 
Last month (while I was super sick with the flu and pneumonia 😷) I was so fortunate to work on this amazing campaign with @carmella.co.il !!

I created a few videos for them and the first one is liveeee 💃🏻

@carmella.co.il is the number 1 online supermarket in the Mercaz brining super fresh produce (and tons of other products) directly from the Carmel Shuk in Tel Aviv straight to your door!

Here’s some bts footage of this shoot plus head to my stories to see more!

Major #fridgegoals vibe going on here! Who else wishes their fridge (ie life) was this organized?! 

🍎🍑🍋🥦🍇🫐 
#stopmotionstudio #stopmotionvideo #behindthescenes🎬 #rosastopmotion✨ #thehomeedit
✨Chocolates✨

Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day, Galentines, or neither (🙋🏻‍♀️) take this as a sign to send yourself some chocolates! 

These @maxbrenner_israel truffles are so good in case you want to send someone in israel something 🍫😉

#stopmotionstudio #valentinesdaychocolate #galentines #stopmotionfood #rosastopmotion✨
✨Behind the Scenes✨ Here’s how I made the c ✨Behind the Scenes✨

Here’s how I made the characters change colors in the @beitissie stop motion…

1️⃣ First I asked the amazing @viculsh to illustrate and design these characters for the project! ❤️❤️❤️
2️⃣ Then I cut out with the @cricut_il and put together 5 of each character in black and white and in color. 
3️⃣ Then I imagined how I want them changing color and I cut the color characters in 4 stages, a little bit more each time. 
4️⃣ Then I glued each of the color parts that I cut onto the black and white characters, so that each one had a bit more color than the last!
5️⃣ I lined up all the characters to make sure it made sense in sequence.
6️⃣ And then I animated them, but replacing each one until I got the the fully colorful version!

Head over to the @beitissie instagram to see the full video and let me know if this step by step was helpful in the comments 🙏🏻✨

#stopmotionstudio #cricutprojects #stopmotionart #cutpaperart
✨Happy Tu B’Shvat✨ Celebrating the new year ✨Happy Tu B’Shvat✨

Celebrating the new year for the trees today 🌳🌸 with a new paper cut stop motion!

Alternative caption: what are Rosa & Tammy up to now?!

Share this video and wish everyone a happy Tu B’Shvat 🌸

#tubshvat #jewishholidays #paperarts #stopmotionstudio #stopmotionvideo
✨Tony’s✨ Some behind the scenes from a quic ✨Tony’s✨

Some behind the scenes from a quick personal shoot.

The last few weeks have been super intense for me.
I got sick 😷 (which is tfu tfu tfu pretty rare for me) and 4 weeks later I got worse before getting better. Thankfully antibiotics are taking care of me now 😅..

But all the while I was trying to work (on some insanely exciting projects I CANNOT wait to share!) and rest, but mainly work. So I def didn’t have time for creating content for fun, or posting or keeping up to date etc..

So today when my husband called and asked if I wanted him to bring me something, I said “chocolate”. Now, I’m a salty first girl. I’ll (almost, apparently) *always* want fries before sweets, but that’s the first thing that came to mind.

When he came home with this @tonyschocolonely bar, I thought, can’t eat this! Have to shoot it first 📸😂

And so… here we are! We made it to the end of January, we all deserve a gold medal 🥇 (or some emotional chocolate 🍫). Who wants a piece? 

#stopmotionstudio #stopmotionanimation #behindthescenes🎬 #tonyschocolonely
✨Boker✨ It seems fitting that my first paper ✨Boker✨

It seems fitting that my first paper art stop motion would be my morning coffee ☕️ 

Had such a hard time figuring out this new @cricut_il machine! I thought it would be more user friendly and intuitive- but alas! There’s a big learning curve, which I’m sure I’ll eventually figure out (5 million YouTube videos later).

Thankfully @tam_man177 doesn’t scare easily and was willing to sit and play with me for hours to pull this off! But now we have something to show for it 😍

Also super fun to feature @shanakoppel’s Hebrew “boker” gif that I love and use every morning in my stories! 

#stopmotionstudio #cutpaperart #cricutcreations
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Recent Posts

  • Honey Buttercream Recipe (easy!)
  • Olive oil Honey Cake Recipe
  • Rosh Hashanah Apples and Honey Galette Recipe
  • Pumpkin Donuts Baked
  • Easy Apple Pie Cookies

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2023 Lilyrose Bakers Blog on the Cravings Pro Theme