Loukoumathes: Honey Puffs

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

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

Recipe

• 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.