Recipe details Easy · 4 servings
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Classic Crisp Funnel Cakes
These fair-style funnel cakes are made by streaming a simple sweet batter into hot oil, creating lacy golden swirls with crisp edges and a tender center. Serve them immediately with a generous snowfall of powdered sugar for the best texture.
Ingredients
- • 1 large egg
- • 2/3 cup milk
- • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- • 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- • 1 teaspoon baking powder
- • Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
- • Powdered sugar, for serving
Method
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- Line a tray with paper towels.
- Fill a deep, heavy pot with about 2 inches of vegetable oil and heat it to 375 F.
| 1 large egg | whisk wet ingredients | make batter | pipe batter | fry 2-3 min | dust with sugar |
| 2/3 cup milk | |||||
| 2 tablespoons granulated sugar | combine dry ingredients | ||||
| 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour | |||||
| 1/4 teaspoon fine salt | |||||
| 1 teaspoon baking powder | |||||
| Vegetable oil, for deep-frying | |||||
| Powdered sugar, for serving |
1 whisk wet ingredients 2 ingredients
Whisk the egg and milk together in a medium bowl until fully combined.
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup milk
2 combine dry ingredients 4 ingredients
Stir together the flour, granulated sugar, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl.
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
3 make batter
Gradually whisk the dry ingredient mixture into the egg and milk mixture until the batter is smooth and pourable.
From: whisk wet ingredients, combine dry ingredients
4 pipe batter 1 ingredient
Place the batter in a piping bag or a zip-top bag with a small corner cut away, then squeeze it in overlapping spirals into the 375 F oil.
From: make batter
- Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
5 fry 2-3 min
Fry the batter swirls for 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until crisp and golden brown on both sides.
From: pipe batter
6 dust with sugar 1 ingredient
Drain the hot funnel cakes briefly on paper towels, then cover them with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
From: fry 2-3 min
- Powdered sugar, for serving
- 1
whisk wet ingredients
Whisk the egg and milk together in a medium bowl until fully combined.
1 large egg; 2/3 cup milk
- 2
combine dry ingredients
Stir together the flour, granulated sugar, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl.
2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon fine salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3
make batter
Gradually whisk the dry ingredient mixture into the egg and milk mixture until the batter is smooth and pourable.
- 4
pipe batter
Place the batter in a piping bag or a zip-top bag with a small corner cut away, then squeeze it in overlapping spirals into the 375 F oil.
Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
- 5
fry 2-3 min
Fry the batter swirls for 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until crisp and golden brown on both sides.
- 6
dust with sugar
Drain the hot funnel cakes briefly on paper towels, then cover them with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
Powdered sugar, for serving
Text instructions
Line a tray with paper towels.
Fill a deep, heavy pot with about 2 inches of vegetable oil and heat it to 375 F.
Whisk the egg and milk together in a medium bowl until fully combined.
Stir together the flour, granulated sugar, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl.
Gradually whisk the dry ingredient mixture into the egg and milk mixture until the batter is smooth and pourable.
Place the batter in a piping bag or a zip-top bag with a small corner cut away, then squeeze it in overlapping spirals into the 375 F oil.
Fry the batter swirls for 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until crisp and golden brown on both sides.
Drain the hot funnel cakes briefly on paper towels, then cover them with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
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