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French Crullers Recipe


French Crullers Recipe
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A fried cake and sister to the doughnut, which takes its name from the Dutch word krulle, meaning "twisted cake." French crullers are made in a round shape with cream-puff batter, and fried in deep fat and glazed.

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Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • fat (for deep frying)

Directions
  1. Combine sugar, salt, shortening, and boiling water in a saucepan.
  2. Mix and bring to a rapid boil.
  3. Add flour all at once and mix and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
  6. Add vanilla.
  7. Force mixture through pastry tube onto greased paper, forming circles.
  8. Heat deep fat to 375 degrees F on frying thermometer.
  9. Carefully turn paper upside down so crullers will drop into fat. Fry and flip over until golden brown.

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Comments


One of my favorite donuts! Great post!


WOW! Thanks for sharing this one!


Looks good!


my favorite donut and I mean favorite .*****


Thanks for the recipe. It's presented to concisely..almost makes it look easy :-) I'll have give it a try.


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