Golden Puffs With Honey Butter Dip Recipes

LOUKOUMATHES: HONEY PUFFS

Steps:

• Sift the flour with the baking powder into a bowl.
• Add sugar, oil (or butter or margarine), milk, and the egg, and mix with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• 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).
• When the oil is hot, drop the batter by the small teaspoonful into the oil and fry until golden on all sides.
• Drain on paper toweling.
• Get enough dough on your spoon to equal the size of a unshelled almond.
• 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).
• Place on serving platter and drizzle with honey.
• Dust with walnuts and cinnamon, and serve.

LOUKOUMADES

Steps:

• Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water in a small bowl. The water should be no more than 100 degrees F (40 degrees C). Let stand for 5 minutes until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam. In a large bowl, mix the warm milk, sugar, and salt, and mix to dissolve. Pour the yeast mixture into the milk mixture, and stir to combine.
• Beat in the butter, eggs, and flour until the mixture forms a smooth, soft dough. Cover the bowl, and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes. Stir the dough well, cover, and let rise 30 more minutes.
• Mix honey and 1/2 cup of water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat and let the honey syrup cool.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil should be about 2 inches deep.
• Place a large table or soup spoon in a glass of water near the batter. Scoop up about 2 tablespoons of dough per puff with the wet spoon, drop it into the wet palm of your hand, and roll it back into the spoon to create a round shape. Do not overhandle the puffy, soft dough. Drop the dough balls into the hot oil in batches, wetting the spoon each time you make a dough ball. Fry in the hot oil until golden brown on the bottom, and roll them over to cook the other side, 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Gently set the loukoumades aside to drain on paper towels.
• Place the loukoumades on a baking sheet, drizzle them with honey syrup, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve warm.

GOLDEN PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oil (2 to 3-inches) to 375°F in deep fryer or 3-qt. saucepan.
• Mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Add 1/4 cup oil, milk and egg; beat until smooth.
• Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into hot oil.
• Fry four or five at a time until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes; drain.
• Mix 1/2 cup sugar and the1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Roll warm puffs in sugar-cinnamon mixture.

GOLDEN PUFF

Steps:

• Spray with oil a 12x8-inch baking dish.
• Cover bottom of dish with a layer of soda crackers.
• Add cheese slices.
• Top with remaining crackers.
• Beat together eggs, milk, mustard and pepper.
• Pour on top of crackers.
• Cover.
• Set dish is refrigerator overnight.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• If your mixture is not completely covered add more milk.
• Bake in a preheated oven 375° 45 minutes.