This Jamaican Festival recipe is a homemade version of the popular Jamaican snack. Made with a few simple ingredients, this delicious fried sweet dough is the perfect side dish for your favorite Jamaican recipes.
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT6M
Total time: PT16M
Rating
4.72 stars (21 reviews)
Keywords
jamaican festival, jamaican festival recipe
Ingredients
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup fine cornmeal
6 Tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk (a little less or more may be needed, see notes)
Oil for deep frying*
Categories
Side Dish
Cuisine
Caribbean
Steps
Heat a heavy bottom pot of oil that has at least 3 inches of oil in it or use a deep fryer if you have one. Turn the heat over medium heat until the temperature reaches 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Add the all-purpose flour, cornmeal, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt to a large bowl and stir to combine.
Add the vanilla extract and milk and stir until the dough comes together. Then use your hands to lightly form the mixture into a ball.
Pinch off pieces of dough and roll them into long oval shapes. Make about 12 dumplings.
Once the oil has reached the temperature of 350 degrees Fahrenheit, fry the dough on all sides, until golden brown. This should take about 4-6 minutes.
Remove dough and drain off any excess grease. Serve and enjoy.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 117 kcal
Carbohydrates: 24 g
Protein: 3 g
Fat: 1 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 2 mg
Sodium: 105 mg
Sugar: 7 g
Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
Reviews
Cece on 2025-11-30 (1 stars): this was way too sweet and the sugar to flour ratio is off. This amount of sugar caused the dough to be hard.
Mary on 2024-10-04 (5 stars): Pefect
Eva on 2024-06-16 (5 stars): Mine came out quite dense in the middle, what am I doing wrong please? Tasted amazing regardless!
erikah on 2024-03-28 (5 stars): amazing recipe.
used fructose sugar instead of sucrose white sugar (i am sucrose intolerant) and they turned out SOOOOO good and fluffy!
...yes i did roll a few in cinnamon and fructose sugar....
will make again!
PAUL DEABREU on 2023-12-25 (5 stars): Can I still make festivals without corn meal , should I substitute something in it’s place