French Crullers Recipe

Total Time: 70 minutes

Cuisine: European

Ingredients:

  • salt
  • eggs
  • milk
  • water
  • eggs
  • flour (maida)
  • icing sugar
  • butter
  • sunflower oil

Instructions:

  • To prepare French crullers recipe, add water, sugar, butter and salt into a Saucepan, and bring it to boil
  • Once all butter is melted, add flour all at once and start stirring continuously, breaking all the lumps, until the dough comes together
  • You will start seeing a thin coating of the dough on the pan
  • Reduce heat and continue to cook with constant stirring for another 2 to 3 minutes
  • We are trying to remove the moisture from the dough as much possible
  • Remove the dough from heat, let it cool down for about 10 minutes
  • Once dough is cooled a bit, add 1 egg at a time and keep beating with hand beater or stand mixer
  • Beat until the egg is completely incorporated into the dough
  • Then add the next egg and beat until incorporated well
  • Now add 1 egg white at a time and beat well
  • Add the next egg white, beat again
  • Beat well until you see smooth, shiny, sticky dough
  • Put the dough in a piping bag attached to rose (star nozzle)
  • Heat oil for deep frying in a Pan
  • Cut a couple of 4 x 4 inch square shaped parchment papers
  • Grease it with oil
  • Squeeze the dough onto to parchment papers
  • You can pipe about size 3-inch crullers onto the paper
  • Once oil is hot (about 370 degree Fahrenheit), you can start frying crullers on medium heat
  • Lift the parchment paper and drop it into hot oil with dough side down
  • Wait for a couple of seconds or a minute when the dough leaves the parchment paper
  • Using tongs to lift the paper out of oil
  • You can add a few crullers at a time depending on the size of the pan you use to fry
  • Make sure to fry crullers in low flame, flipping it side to side until it?s fried to golden brown
  • Remove from oil and place the fried crullers on kitchen towel
  • Repeat this for rest of the dough
  • Place all the crullers on wire mesh to cool completely
  • Now whisk together icing sugar, honey and milk into smooth glaze
  • Dip a cruller fully into the glaze using a fork and remove it and place it on wire mesh to rest for 1 to 2 hours
  • That?s it crullers are ready
  • I wanted to add a little zing, so I grated a little bit of lime zest on top
  • You can even go ahead with orange zest, grate it on top or mix it in glaze
  • Serve Crullers recipe as a breakfast or snack along with coffee to enjoy the crispy donuts