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Ingredients
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 dash salt
- 1-3/4 cup flour, approximately
- Sesame oil
- vegetable Shortening, for deep frying
- 1-1/2 cup honey
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 to 2 tbsp. lemon juice
Method
- Beat yogurt until smooth and thin.
- Mix with baking soda and salt.
- Sift flour in gradually until mixture can barely be dropped from a spoon.
- Heat oil to 375 degrees F. Using two wet teaspoons, drop spoonfuls of dough, a few at a time, into hot fat.
- Or wet hands and shape pieces of dough into 2 or 3 inch sticks and drop into fat.
- Turn once so both sides become golden brown.
- Allow about 5 minutes for frying each batch.
- Drain on paper towel and serve with syrup of your choice.
- Makes about 2 dozen crullers.
- SUGAR SYRUP: To make sugar syrup, combine 2 cup suage and 1/2 cup water and boil until syrup begins to caramelize and is thin and golden.
- Skim foam as it rises to surface.
- Flavor with a few drops of orang-flower water, rose water or lemon juice and pour hot over crullers.
- VARIATION: To make a slightly more solid cruller, sift in enough EXTRA flour to make a dough just smooth enough to knead.
- Knead for 2 or 3 minutes.
- Pinch off pieces slightly smaller than walnuts, roll between floured hands, and fry.
- Vanilla sugar or Confectioners' dusted after being cooked, though not authentic, is a good substitute for syrup on these crullers, if you prefer them less sweet and sticky.
- HONEY SUGAR GLAZE: Bring honey to a boil with all ingredients.
- Simmer for a minute or two, remove stick of cinnamon if you have used it, and pour over pastry or use for dipping.
- Makes about 1 1/2 cups syrup.
