Donut-Like Deep-Fried Loops or Schuerzkuchen
"A donut-like dough is rolled out thin, cut into strips, slit lengthwise and looped through. It is then deep-fried and turned in sugar. I post this to answer a request. Haven't tried it, but it is from one of my most reliable German cookbooks. Never made anything from it that did not turn out good :). From "von der Recke, Gunhild et al.: Unser Backbuch No1, 1984"."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 2mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
40 loops
- Serves:
- 4-8
ingredients
- 3 cups flour, plus
- 3 tablespoons flour (400 grams)
- 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope dry yeast (7 grams)
- 3 tablespoons milk, lukewarm
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened (40 grams)
- 6 tablespoons sugar (75 grams)
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream (100 grams)
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 quart oil (for frying)
- 3 tablespoons sugar, for coating
directions
- In a small bowl dissolve yeast in milk.
- Put flour and cinnamon in another bowl; add milk, sugar, butter, eggs and sour cream.
- Mix and knead for 5 minutes until a soft dough forms; if too soft add a little more flour.
- Cover bowl with foil and let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in volume; about 25 minutes.
- Roll out dough 3/8 inch thick on a floured worktop; cut into rectangular 1 1/4 x 3 inch strips; make a lengthwise 2 inch cut into the center of each strip.
- Now pull one small side of a strip completely through its center cut, causing the long sides to form two loops; you should have a rectangular shape with looped sides.
- Let loops rise another 15 minutes in a warm place until doubled in volume.
- Deepfry in batches at 350 F for 4-6 minutes, turning once until golden yellow (they will darken some more when removed from oil); drain on paper towels.
- Turn in sugar while still hot.
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Hi,
I am German and I live with my husband Thorsten (Chef Thorsten)in the former German capital Bonn, a rather small town near Cologne at the river Rhine.
I work in a teashop (a TeaGschwendner franchise shop, see my web site link) situated in a quaint little old house in the center of Bonn and like it a lot. I enjoy to make myself comfortable with a cup of tea and a book (an old cookbook is good).
