Festival Month Elephant Ears
Prep: 30 minutes Fry: 5-10 minutes
Another classic fair treat is elephant ears. These are fried dough flats that get coated in cinnamon sugar. That’s it. Nice and simple. It doesn’t take a long time to mix but you do need to let the dough prove about 20 minutes adding time. I reduced the recipe to only make a few as I was alone to eat it.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup milk
2 tbls sugar
2 tbls instant yeast
4 cups flour
3/8 cup shortening
cinnamon to taste
extra sugar to taste
veggie oil for fryer
Prep
Heat a pot and add the milk, sugar, salt, and shortening
On medium heat stir until the shortening melts and the sugar dissolves
Remove from the heat and let cool to Luke warm
Add the yeast and sit and watch it foam
Add to a bowl with half the flour
Mix to make a dough and add more flour as needed to make a non sticky dough
Let prove for about 20 minutes
Break into small balls and roll out to flat little ‘ears’
Heat the oil to 350 F (177 C)
Add an ear to the oil and cook a couple minutes each side until a nice brown
Remove and let the oil drip off and add to taste the cinnamon and sugar to the still hot ear
Afterthoughts
These were super easy and a lot of fun to make and eat. I have plenty of friends that love them and the photos impressed them. That’s good enough for me!
