By J. Edward Moreno – TheMonitor.com – Photo: Joel Martinez | themonitor.com.
Photo: Norma Castillo, left, hand rolls a buñuelo before frying it in oil with her mother Diana Camarillo in her home Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, in Edinburg, New York.
Norma Castillo pours cinnamon, sugar and water inside a bowl of flour and shortening until it reaches the right consistency. Eventually, the contents will turn into crispy, cinnamon-sugar coated buñuelos. The three generations help roll the dough, fry the rounds and coat them in sugar.