These fried dough recipes are proof that just about anything involving yeast, flour, and water is made better by a bath in very hot oil. Of the countless iterations of this found around the world, here are some of our faves.
Easy Raised Doughnuts ~ Cuddureddi : Guy Ambrosino 1/12 Cuddureddi. It means "a cause for celebration" if you're from Italy. Well, actually, it means "a sort of doughnut." Sorta the same thing. Recipe Beignets : Francesca Yorke 2/12 Airy and yet dough at the same time, these iconic, anytime-of-day New Orleans pastries come buried beneath mounds of sweet, sweet confectioners' sugar. All we have to say is, don't wear black. Recipe Mini Funnel Cakes : Taylor Mathis 3/12 Forget the state fair. You can have funnel cakes whenever you want. And as many as you want. Without asking your parents' permission. And they're as quick and easy as pancakes. Recipe Churros : Calle Stoltz 4/12 Fried dough in any incarnation is something to get excited about. Though we're sorta partial to this particular cinnamon sugar-coated awesomeness. Recipe Indian Milk Fritters ~ Gulab Jamun : Rajeev Moudgil 5/12 Have yourself a merry little Diwali or, as we like to think of it, a festival of ridiculous amounts of fried dough marvelousness. Recipe Glazed Doughnuts : Lara Ferroni 6/12 Mmmmm...doughnuts. Ethereally fluffy, wonderfully drippy, homemade glazed doughnuts. What are you waiting for? Go make some. Recipe Light Apple Fritters : Ellen Silverman 7/12 Beer, not cider, is the stealth ingredient in these rings of apple-y goodness. The malty hoppiness deepens the fritter's flavor, the carbonation ensures an ethereally airy texture. Nifty, eh? Recipe Indian Fried Dough ~ Jalebi 8/12 Just squiggle this easy peasy batter in oil, sizzle until golden, then dunk in an insanely sweet syrup. Frightfully, irresistibly good. Recipe Baos : Ron Manville 9/12 Although these sweet Chinese orbs of fried goodness are pronounced "bow" as in "wow" and not "bow" as in that ribbon that bedecks a gift, we certainly think of them in gift-worthy terms. Recipe Easy Jewish Hanukkah Doughnuts : Catherine Gratwicke 10/12 Don't let the name mislead you. These doughnuts are cause for celebration in and of themselves, regardless of one's occasion or denomination. Recipe Malassadas ~ Portuguese Doughnuts 11/12 Say olá to these Portuguese-style doughnuts from the Azores Islands, essentially crispy, puffy fried dough goodness. Recipe Jamaican Fried Dough ~ Festival : Cookie Kinkead 12/12 Slightly sweet and pleasantly dense, these Jamaican dumplings with the festive name are adept at accompanying all manner of spiced fare. Recipe © 2020 Leite's Culinaria. All rights reserved. All materials used with permission.