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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 |
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Dough: | 3 tablespoons melted butter, |
1 | separated |
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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
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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