~~German Beer Cruller~~

This is a lost recipe.

My grandmother made these for the holidays and she never wrote down any of her recipes and I have searched the internet for recipes like her beer crullers. This is a mash up of the recipes that I have found, basically it is a donut recipe that uses beer instead of water.

Note: you will need to deep fry the crullers.

Ingredients:

• 2 ¼ cup flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• ¼ cup warm milk (110° to 115°)
• 4 tsp. yeast
• ½  cup beer
• 1 Tbsp of baking powder
• ½ tsp of ground cinnamon
• 1 egg (slightly beaten)
• Topping:
• Sugar
• Cinnamon

Directions:

• Mix the yeast and warm milk and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the yeast to do its thing.
• Mix the dry ingredients, the beer, and the egg in a bowl and then add risen yeast mixture.
• Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead the dough for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth.
• Let dough rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until doubled in bulk.
• My grandmother then rolled the dough out in rolls about the thickness of a doughnut and cut the dough in about 4 – 6 inch lengths, gave them a quarter twist and put them in the oil to fry.
• Patted them dry and sprinkled the with the sugar cinnamon mixture.