This morning we awoke to a very special surprise! If I could back up a little, the night before we had realized that we were pretty tired. Gary fell asleep almost immediately while I stayed up a bit to write some of the recipes for this blog. I fell asleep thinking that Gary would wake up long before me -he is an early riser....well apparently he was extremely tired and neither of us woke up until just before 7:00. We were due downstairs at 7:00!!! We looked at one another and quickly began getting dressed. We looked like the Keystone cops running this way and that- we didn't want Anna starting without us! We ran downstairs and she was just Reaching for the coffee. Whew! We made it!
She had warned us that there would be dough involved this morning....so basically that meant that I could enjoy the cool Michigan morning sitting outside on their beautiful patio. Gary is the dough man in our family! Anything to do with yeast is his specialty! And quite frankly I was more than happy to bask in the warmth of the morning!
And then he came out with this!!! Oh my gosh!!! I'm not even a sweet lover but fried dough can NEVER be bad!! Anna and Gary had made frittelle- fried dough with sprinkled sugar!!!!
Frittelle
2 c. warm water
1 c. Warm milk
1 egg,beaten
Salt
2 envelopes yeast
2 T. Sugar
5-6 c. Flour
Mix the water and milk together, keeping the liquids warm. Add the beaten egg. Stir in the sugar and the yeast. Wait until the yeast begins to bloom. Stir in 2-3 cups flour along with the salt. Add enough flour to form a very soft dough. Pick up the dough with a spoon; if the dough is too runny add more flour. Otherwise continue to let the dough rise for 30-45 min.
Heat some corn oil. Fry the dough until brown. Drain and roll in sugar. Serve immediately.
Like I said- I don't like sweets in the morning.... But this was incredible with my coffee, great friends and the warm Michigan sun!!
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