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Category: Party Bakes
Ingredients:
| 500 | g | Cake flour (4 x 250 ml / 4 cups) |
| 10 | ml | Salt (2 tsp) |
| 60 | ml | Sugar (4 tbsp) |
| 10 | g | Anchor Instant Yeast (1 packet) |
| 250 | ml | Warm milk (1 cup) |
| 375 | ml | Cold water (1½ cups) |
| 30 | ml | Oil (2 tbsp) |
| 30 | ml | Vinegar (2 tbsp) |
| 3 | ml | Bicarbonate of soda (½ tsp) |
| 125 | ml | Warm milk (½ cup) |
| Oil, for deep frying | ||
| 125 | ml | Sugar (½ cup) (mix with cinnamon) |
| 30 | ml | Cinnamon (2 tbsp) |
| 100 | g | Dark baking chocolate, melted |
Method:
- Mix flour, salt and sugar together. Add the Anchor Instant Yeast and mix.
- Combine the warm milk, cold water, oil and vinegar together and add to the flour mixture to form a batter. Mix well until smooth.
- Cover the bowl with plastic and allow to rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.
- Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the warm milk and cool down to lukewarm. Stir into the batter and stand, once more, for 15 minutes.
- Fill a saucepan half way with oil and heat until the oil is warm.
- Drop spoonfuls of batter carefully into the warm oil and fry until golden. Turn puff over and fry the other side until golden.
- Remove from the oil with a draining spoon and place on a paper towel to drain.
- Roll each puff in cinnamon sugar until coated. To serve – arrange the puffs on a plate and drizzle abundantly with melted baking chocolate.
