Alice’s Fastnacht Kuecheles
Ingredients
- 3-4 Cups Flour
- 1 Pkg Active dry yeast
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 Cup Shortening
- 1-3/4 Cup Milk
- Confectioners sugar
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix 1-1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
- Heat milk and shortening in a saucepan until lukewarm.
- Add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes.
- Add egg and 1/2 cup more flour (or enough flour) to form a thick batter.
- Stir in enough more flour to make a soft dough, kneading lightly.
- Cover bowl; let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1 hour..
- On floured surface knead lightly.
- Roll out to 1/2” thickness.
- Cut into squares.
- Heat deep oil to 375 degrees.
- Pull on the outside edges of the square so that the dough is thinner in the center.
- Fry kuecheles a few at a time in oil.
- Brown on one side, flip and brown the other side.
- Drain on paper.
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
