Klenater Recipes

Steps:

• Melt the butter and set aside to cool.
• Cream the egg yolks with the sugar.
• Mix in the rest of the ingredients to form an elastic dough.
• Wrap in tin foil and let it rest in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight.
• Roll out the dough onto a floured surface.
• Take a knife and cut strips about 1 inch wide and 4 inches long.
• For the special klenat appearance, you cut a hole in the middle of every strip, take one end of the strip and put it through the hole in the middle and pull straight through the hole.
• It makes sort of a knot in the middle of the pastry.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Try it for the right temperature by dropping a piece of bread in the oil, if it turns golden in 1 minute, the oil is the right temperature.
• Put some of the klenates in at a time and cook them until golden brown.
• Drain on kitchen towel.
• Turn them over in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Beat egg Yolks until light.
• Add cream & sugar, beat well.
• Add flour, salt& cinnamon.
• mix.
• Roll out small amount of dough to less than 1/8" thickness.
• Cut into 1x3" strips, cut the edges diagonally.
• Make a lengthwise slit in the middle of the strip and pull one end through.
• Fry in 350F deep oil for 2 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once.
• Drain on paper towel and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.