Fried Cinnamon Sticks

Name: Fried Cinnamon Sticks
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp package active dry yeast; 1 teaspoon dry active yeast; 355 milliliters brown sugar, plus more if needed; 2 sticks butter; 24 servings Cinnamon Bun Dough, see recipe; 1 liters all-purpose flour (recommended: Pillsbury); 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters ground cinnamon; 118 milliliters Idaho potato flakes; 24 servings Peanut oil, for frying; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 24 servings Powdered sugar, for topping; 118 milliliters raisins; 1 Tbsp salt; 237 milliliters starter; 118 milliliters vegetable oil (recommended: Mazola); 355 milliliters warm-hot tap water; 355 milliliters hot tap water

Fried Cinnamon Sticks might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 406 calories. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of cinnamon bun dough, tap water, vegetable oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat fryer, or heat oil in large pot to 350 degree F.

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Cooking Oil

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Pot

Cut long 1-inch strips from cinnamon bun dough. Wrap dough around skewers.

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Cinnamon Roll

Dough

Wrap

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Skewers

Place doughnuts into fryer and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, flipping to fry both sides.

Place doughnuts aside onto a paper towel lined plate to remove excess oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Starter: One day before you plan on baking the cinnamon buns combine the starter ingredients. Stir this mixture occasionally with a rubber spatula and your starter should soon start bubbling within 12 hours.

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Cinnamon Roll

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Spatula

Cook's Note: You will know this because you will see bubbles along the side of the glass container and you may possibly see bubbling on the top of the mixture as well.

Let this mixture sit bubbling, uncovered, until you are ready to make bread the next day. You might want to stir it occasionally. Remember this is a living culture and you will need to take care of it in order to keep it alive.

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Bread

Buns: When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 170 degrees F. Prepare 2 (9 by 12-inch) rectangular baking dishes by spraying with nonstick oil spray.

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Roll

Cooking Oil

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In a mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix together starter, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, salt, water, yeast and flour.

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Granulated Sugar

Vegetable Oil

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Water

Yeast

Salt

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After mixing the dough for about 2 minutes, remove the dough to a bowl sprayed with nonstick oil.

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Dough

Cooking Oil

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Cook's Note: If the dough mix is too loose, add more flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled in size. The rising process will take 1 to 4 hours, depending on the altitude and weather at the time and place you are making the buns.

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Roll

When doubled, dump the whole pile of dough onto a well-floured surface and with a rolling pin manipulate the dough to make a rectangle about 1/4-inch thick.

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Dough

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Filling: Melt 2 sticks of butter to where it is creamy and spreadable.

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Butter

Spread the butter onto the dough triangle making sure you spread thoroughly to all corners.

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Spread

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Sprinkle brown sugar and then cinnamon over the butter making sure that the whole triangle is covered, corner to corner. Top with chopped pecans and raisins.

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Pecan Pieces