Buñuelos de la Tía Isabelita

Tia Isabelita’s Buñuelos

Preparation info
  • 30

    large 1½ inch buñuelos
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

Buñuelos are a traditional food served to friends and family who come to pray the Novenas to the Virgin Mary during the Christmas holidays, from December 15 to 24. In many of the central departments in Colombia, we serve them with Hojaldras and Natilla. You can buy them in bakeries all around the country. These buñuelos are the original ones prepared with a yellow cornstarch called harina de maiz capio