Knot Cookies

Name: Knot Cookies
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 355 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 larges eggs; 789 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons grated fresh lemon zest; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sour cream; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 liters vegetable oil for frying

Knot Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 48. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 98 calories. If you have vegetable oil, confectioners sugar, cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 hours.

Instructions

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Beat together butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes in a stand mixer or 4 minutes with a handheld, then beat in sour cream, eggs, and zest. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture.

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Granulated Sugar

Sour Cream

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Stand Mixer

Bowl

Mix until just combined. Form into a 2-inch-diameter log.

Set smooth rollers of pasta machine at widest setting.

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Pasta

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Pasta Machine

Cut log crosswise into quarters and keep 3 pieces covered with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth). Flatten remaining piece of dough into a rectangle about 1/3 inch thick. Dust with flour. Feed through rollers. Fold in half crosswise and feed through rollers 8 more times, folding in half each time. Dust with flour if sticking.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Kitchen Towels

Turn dial to next (narrower) setting and feed dough through without folding. Continue to feed dough through without folding, making space between rollers narrower each time, until the second to last setting is used.

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Dough

Cut rolled-out dough into 5- by 2-inch rectangles. Make a 1-inch lengthwise slit in center of each rectangle. Pull one end of strip through slit, forming a loose knot.

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Dough

Transfer to a lightly floured baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Heat oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until it registers 370°F on thermometer. Fry knots, 4 at a time, turning over once or twice, until golden, about 1 minute per batch.

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Cooking Oil

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Kitchen Thermometer

Pot

Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.

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Slotted Spoon

Paper Towels

Turn off heat under oil and roll out and form knots with remaining dough. Return oil to 370°F before frying rest of knots.

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Dough

Roll

Cooking Oil

Dust cooled cookies with confectioners sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

· If you don't have a pasta machine, roll out dough on a well-floured surface with a well-floured rolling pin to less than 1/8 inch thick.· These cookies are best the day they're made, but they can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature 1 day.

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Dough

Pasta

Roll

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Pasta Machine

Rolling Pin