Funnel Cake With Powdered Sugar Food

POWDERED FUNNEL CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl. Make a well in center of flour mixture.
• 2. Beat egg in a small bowl. Add milk and mix well. Pour mixture into the well in the flour mixture. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• 3. Preheat vegetable oil in a large skillet or deep fryer.
• 4. Pour 1/2 cup of the batter at a time into a funnel, holding a finger over the spout. Drop batter in a swirl pattern into the hot vegetable oil.
• 5. Fry, turning once with a slotted utensil, until crisp and lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Repeat with the remaining batter. Drain funnel cakes on paper towels. Sprinkle funnel cakes with confectioners' sugar or cinnamon sugar. Serve warm.

FUNNEL CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all dry ingredients.
• Beat egg, milk, and vanilla together in a separate bowl.
• Add milk mixture to dry ingredients beating until smooth.
• Fill 8" skillet with 1 inch oil and heat to 375 degrees.
• Cover funnel hole with finger and fill with about 1/4 cup of batter.
• Hold funnel over skillet and remove finger moving funnel around to form patterns with the batter.
• Fry until golden brown, about 1 or 2 minutes.
• Turn over with tongs and continue frying another minute or two or until both sides are brown.
• Remove from oil, drain on paper towels, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Serve hot.

PUMPKIN SPICE FUNNEL CAKE WITH NUTMEG POWDERED SUGAR

Steps:

• Beat the egg, brown sugar, milk, and pumpkin together in a bowl. Add the
• flour, salt, baking powder, and pumpkin pie spice and continue to mix until combined.
• Heat some cooking oil in a pan on the stove at medium heat.
• When hot, use a funnel (or whatever you might have) to pour the batter into the pan. (If batter is too thick, add more milk until it
• reaches the desired consistency.)
• Cook until light brown, then carefully flip and cook the other side until done.
• Remove funnel cake from pan and
• dab excess oil as needed.
• Combine the powdered sugar and nutmeg in a bowl and sprinkle on top of
• the funnel cake.

AMISH FUNNEL CAKE

Steps:

• Beat the eggs, then add the milk and sugar.
• sift 2 cups of flour to baking powder and salt.
• add to the milk, sugar, and egg mixture.
• mix well, adding more flour to mixture until it becomes a smooth batter and not too thick.
• The funnel should have an opening of at least 1/2 inch and be able to hold around a cup of batter.
• put your finger over the bottom and add the cup of batter. remove your finger and allow the batter to pour into the center of the oil. Be careful, the oil may splash a little.
• gradually 'swirl' the batter outward in a circular motion or criss cross back and forth to make a cake about 7 to 8 inches around.
• Check it with a pair of tongs and turn it when the bottom becomes golden brown.
• it's usually pretty fragile and will probably try to break on you when flipping. when both sides are done -- remove and place and paper towel to drain oil.
• you can top with powdered sugar, syrup,etc --
• enjoy. It will make about 6 cakes.
• If you don't have a funnel, you can twist a paper plate into a 'funnel', it will probably be a little messy unless you can tape it up or something.