Ukrainian Rosettes (fried Cookies)

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon soft butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups sifted flour, about
• confectioners' sugar
• candied cherries or red jelly

Recipe

• 1 beat the eggs and the egg yolks together.
• 2 beat in the sugar, butter and salt.
• 3 add enough flour to make medium soft dough that is easy to handle.
• 4 knead lightly in the bowl to incorporate the flour.
• 5 cover and let the dough stand for 10 minutes.
• 6 roll very thin, about 1/8 inch or thinner, using a small amount of dough at a time.
• 7 cut into circles with small cooky cutters of two different sizes, about 1 1/2 and 1 inch in diameter.
• 8 place 2 circles of the same size one over the other, and top them with a smaller circle.
• 9 press the centers together tightly with the blunt button point of a knitting needle, or with a finger tip.
• 10 the knitting needle is preferred as the finger tip leaves a large depression, making the fried rosettes hard in the center.
• 11 make 5 even slits on the outer edge of the circles to form petals.
• 12 these petals will curl up in frying, giving a rosette shape.
• 13 fry, a few at a time, in deep fat (375 degrees f) until delicately browned.
• 14 drain on absorbent paper.
• 15 sprinkle with the confectioners' sugar.
• 16 just before serving, place the candied cherry, cut in half, or a dab of red jelly, in the hollow of each rosette.