Schmalzgebäck - German Fried Pastry
Please see resting times.
Ingredients
- 700 g flour
- 80 g sugar
- 250 ml luke warm milk
- 50 g butter, soft
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla sugar
- 500 ml frying oil
- 200 g confectioners sugar
- 1 pkg dry yeast (= 7g)
Instructions
- Pour the flour into a large bowl and create a little cavity.
- Add the sugar.
- Next, add the lukewarm milk.
- Sprinkle the yeast into the milk and let react for a couple of minutes.
- When the yeast became foamy, you can continue.
- Add the eggs and the butter and knead to a dough.
- Cover the bowl and let the dough rise at a warm place until it has about doubled it's size (usually takes 45 minutes).
- Give the dough a short knead, then roll it to about 1/2 inch thick.
- Use a pizza cutter or knife and cut the dough into small rectangles.
- Let rise again for 10 minutes and in the meantime heat the frying oil.
- The oil should have a temperature between 350F and 375F.
- Add some of the dough rectangles and let them fry until they are slightly brown on both sides (turn in-between).
- Take the Schmalzgebäck out and put them on a plate with a paper towel.
- Immediately cover with confectioners sugar and enjoy as soon as they are cool enough to touch.