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    Elephant Ears


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    Recipe Introduction


    These fry up nicely with bubbles in the dough and everything. Decrease the amount of oil used for frying since it gets a little splattery. Frying time about 10-15 seconds per side.

    List of Ingredients




    Milk – 1 cup
    Warm water – 1 cup
    Active dry yeast – 2 tablespoons
    Salt – 1 teaspoon
    White sugar – 2 tablespoons
    Shortening – 3 tablespoons
    All purpose flour or maida – 4 cups
    Oil for deep frying
    For elephant ears topping:
    Sugar – 4 tablespoons
    Ground cinnamon – 2 teaspoons

    Recipe



    Take a big bowl, add active dry yeast and warm water and let it stand for 10 to 12 minutes. Combine warm milk, salt, white sugar, and shortening and mix well. Now add all purpose flour to make a smooth dough. Take the dough to floured board and knead until it turns soft and elastic. Add some flour if it is watery. Cover the dough with a towel for 1 hour. Divide the dough into 12 to 15 balls and make each ball about 1/8 inch thick. Fry the balls on both sides for 1 to 2 minutes or until it is golden brown in color. Drain on paper towels. Finally sprinke the elephant ears with sugar and cinnamon. Delicious elephant ears

    (I added about 3 Tbsp. of water to the dough to keep it from being tough. The oil was extremely too hot and so I lowered it to about 275 and cooked it for a little less than a minute per side(this was with the dough rolled to about 1/8 in thick). After frying it I brushed it with melted butter which enhanced the bread’s flavor and helped the sugar to stick. I also doubled the amount of sugar used for the toping.)

 

 

 


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