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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!

Nancy

Friday, February 5, 2010

Funnel Cakes

You don't need to go to the county fair to get yummy fried dough. Here is a quick and easy recipe. These were so good! We all ended up with powdered sugar all over us.

8 Servings
Prep: 15 min. Cook: 35 min.

Ingredients:

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Oil for deep-fat frying
Confectioners' sugar

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, water and vanilla until well
blended. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; beat into egg
mixture until smooth. In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat
oil to 375°.

Cover the bottom of a funnel spout with your finger; ladle 1/2 cup of
batter into the funnel. Holding the funnel several inches above the
skillet, release your finger and move the funnel in a spiral motion
until all the batter is released (scraping with a rubber spatula if
needed).

Fry for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper
towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve warm.

Yield: 8 cakes.

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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy
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