Thursday 14 February 2013

Austrian Fritters


Ingredients:

2/3 cup water
2 ½ oz flour
2 eggs
1 ½ oz butter
Pinch of salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
3 Tablespoons icing sugar (mix the icing sugar with the powdered cinnamon)
1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
Fat for frying

Method:

Place water, butter and salt in pan, and boil.  Add in all the flour. Stir till well mixed and mixture leaves sides of pan and can form a ball.

Remove from fire. Cool. Add eggs, one at a time.  Beat until light, adding the baking powder.

Shape into small balls using two spoons and fry balls in deep fat until they brown.  (Balls should swell to a little more than twice their size).

Drain on brown paper, and when cool, roll in icing sugar and cinnamon mixture and serve.

Makes about 16 balls.