Loukoumathes: Honey Puffs |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This recipe uses milk and a hefty helping of baking powder to create these small light fried balls of dough that are drizzled with honey and sprinkled with nuts. These are loved by all Greeks and are a traditional Greek Jewish sweet at Hanukkah. Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
3 teaspoons baking powder |
4 tablespoons sugar |
4 tablespoons oil or 4 tablespoons melted butter or 4 tablespoons margarine |
3/4 cup milk |
1 egg |
oil (for frying) |
honey, for drizzling |
finely chopped walnuts |
ground cinnamon |
Directions:
1. Sift the flour with the baking powder into a bowl.
2. Add sugar, oil (or butter or margarine), milk, and the egg, and mix with a wooden spoon until smooth.
3. Heat 1-2 inches of oil in a saucepan or deep frying pan to just below the smoke point (medium to medium-high on most stoves).
4. When the oil is hot, drop the batter by the small teaspoonful into the oil and fry until golden on all sides.
5. Drain on paper toweling.
6. Get enough dough on your spoon to equal the size of a unshelled almond.
7. Keep a small bowl of cold water next to the workspace and dip finger before pushing batter into the oil (to keep batter from sticking).
8. Place on serving platter and drizzle with honey.
9. Dust with walnuts and cinnamon, and serve.
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