Fried Dough

Another slow day... I decided to make some Fried Dough today. We normally order this from our favorite pizza joint "Old World Pizza" near Harlem/North Ave. in Elmwood Park. They have the best pizza around and other great things on the menu, including the fried dough.
I've been searching for a recipe for some time now and finally came upon this one. It seemed easy enough.. so why not try it?

Surprisingly, it came out really good except that I forgot to add the salt until I already had all the ingredients together and started to knead the dough.. OOoopps..... I sprinkled about 1/4 of a teaspoon on top and tried to blend it in to my best ability. I checked the recipe later and saw that it actually called for 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt.. oh well the damage was done.

I didn't really shape them into any sort of form.. First, I followed the direction but soon didn't really care anymore and just kind of made any shape.

I sprinkled the end result with powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar like the recipe states. I'm just used to eating with powdered sugar and I think they taste better that way.

Okay ... okay... on to the recipe.. ..

Fried Dough


Ingredients:

• 2 lb Flour; (4-5 cups) **** I used 4 cups and it was perfect****
  
• 1 1/2 ts Salt
• 1 tb Sugar
• 4 tb Shortening
• 2 c Warm water
• 1 pk Yeast

Instructions:
Dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add remaining ingredients and knead a bit. Let rise about one hour. Pinch off a piece about the size of an egg and make a hole in the middle. Fry in 1-2 inches of oil. Drain on paper towels. Shake in a brown bag with granulated sugar.