Flora Atkin's Dutch Kichelkies (Little Kichel)

Serves: 6

Carolyne Schoen

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

55

Sweetness

45

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 large

Egg

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

Beat the egg well

2

Then add salt, wine, and gradually the flour until you have a sticky elastic dough, almost like the consistency of molasses

3

Flour your hands and break off pieces not much bigger than a marble

4

Roll out paper-thin on a floured surface

5

Cut in segments approximately 2 by 4 inches (dough the size of a large marble will make about 3), or cut on the diagonal very thin strips or whatever shape you wish

6

Pour about 2 inches of oil into a heavy frying pan and heat to 375 degrees

7

Slide the strips carefully into the hot oil

8

Let cook a few seconds on each side

9

Soon they will bubble and puff up like hazenblosen

10

Remove with a spatula and drain on paper towels

11

When cool sprinkle with confectioners' sugar

12

Eat immediately or let sit, covered well, for one day with plastic wrap

13

Beat the egg well

14

Then add salt, wine, and gradually the flour until you have a sticky elastic dough, almost like the consistency of molasses

15

Flour your hands and break off pieces not much bigger than a marble

16

Roll out paper-thin on a floured surface

17

Cut in segments approximately 2 by 4 inches (dough the size of a large marble will make about 3), or cut on the diagonal very thin strips or whatever shape you wish

18

Pour about 2 inches of oil into a heavy frying pan and heat to 375 degrees

19

Slide the strips carefully into the hot oil

20

Let cook a few seconds on each side

21

Soon they will bubble and puff up like hazenblosen

22

Remove with a spatula and drain on paper towels

23

When cool sprinkle with confectioners' sugar

24

Eat immediately or let sit, covered well, for one day with plastic wrap