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County Fair Fried Dough

Serves 6

Whether French Beignets, Spanish Churros, Bulgarian Funnel Cakes, Italian Zeppoles, Hushpuppies, Elephant Ears or Doughnuts, simply change the shape of the dough in this recipe and use different toppings to suit your mood.

INGREDIENTS

 

Dough:

3 tablespoons melted butter,

1 3-inch round cookie cutter or

separated

 

drinking glass

1 cup warm milk

2 tablespoons warm water

3 ½ cups flour

1 package dry yeast

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup sugar

Cinnamon

1 egg, room temperature

Confectioners’ sugar

DIRECTIONS

1.In a mixing bowl, pour warm water over yeast. Add sugar and stir together; let stand for 10 minutes.Add egg, 2 tablespoons butter, milk, flour and salt and stir to combine until dough becomes elastic. Brush top of dough with additional melted butter and cover. Drape tea towel over top of bowl and let rise for 2 hours.

2.Punch down dough and place on a cutting board or countertop generously dusted with flour. Roll out dough to a ¼ inch thickness and use a cookie cutter or a drinking glass to cut out the dough.

3.Place pieces of dough on a buttered sheet pan or buttered parchment paper and let rise 1 hour.

4.Preheat fryer to 350°F and place the basket in the oil.

5.Slowly lower dough into the oil and fry for 1 ½ minutes.

6.Place dough on a plate lined with paper towels, and sprinkle with cinnamon and confectioners’ sugar before serving.

Serving Suggestion Tip

Change up spices as desired. For

asweet and spicy flavor, omit five- spice powder and substitute with cinnamon and cayenne pepper. Cool nuts on wax paper after cooking to prevent sticking.

Canal Street Spiced Pecans

Serves 6-8

INGREDIENTS

2 cups pecans

1/3 cup honey

1 tablespoon lemon juice

¾cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1.Blanch pecans in a pot of boiling water for two minutes. Drain nuts and blot dry with paper towels. Place nuts in a bowl and stir in honey and lemon juice and let marinate for two hours.

2.Preheat fryer to 325°F.

3.Drain nuts and roll in sugar. Place nuts in basket and slowly lower into the oil. Fry for 2 minutes.

4.Remove nuts from oil, spread on wax paper and sprinkle with cinnamon.

5.Allow nuts to cool before serving.

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