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August 2, 2011
Powdered Funnel Cakes
Treasured Desserts
Prep time:
8 minutescooking time:
16 minutes“These treats are special to my family because my grandparents met in line at the funnel cake stand at the county fair.”
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- Vegetable oil for deep-fat frying
- Confectioners' sugar or cinnamon sugar
Directions
1
Sift flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl. Make a well in center of flour mixture.
2
Beat egg in a small bowl. Add milk and mix well. Pour mixture into the well in the flour mixture. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
3
Preheat vegetable oil in a large skillet or deep fryer.
4
Pour 1/2 cup of the batter at a time into a funnel, holding a finger over the spout. Drop batter in a swirl pattern into the hot vegetable oil.
5
Fry, turning once with a slotted utensil, until crisp and lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Repeat with the remaining batter. Drain funnel cakes on paper towels. Sprinkle funnel cakes with confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon sugar. Serve warm.
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Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma's Secret Tip
For properly cooked funnel cakes, Grandma said the vegetable oil should be 365°F. She didn't have a deep-fat thermometer, so she used the bread cube test. If she dropped a 1-inch cube of bread into the hot oil and it browned in 60 seconds, the oil was the correct temperature.
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