Funnel Cakes

Yesterday afternoon I woke from a short rest to fluffy flakes falling through the sky outside my window. The girls were about 20 minutes from bursting through the door. And I thought about a line from The Spiderwick Chronicles--I had just seen it the day before. It was about enjoying the magical moments in front of you. So I prayed and asked the Lord to help me make the late afternoon magical. That's when I remembered the funnel cake recipe. A friend of mine had given it to me a long time ago and I had never tried it. I'm getting a little braver with deep frying stuff--its actually not very hard, you just have to be careful. So I hopped up with excitement and heated an inch and a half of oil in a frying pan, and got the batter ready. The girls came in and I told them we were going to make funnel cakes. I didn't have a funnel, so I just poured the batter really thinly into the oil. It was actually really easy. I managed to flip them without spattering a lot of the oil and drained them on paper towels. Then we got out the powdered sugar and Voila! It smelled just like the fair. It was a great treat before they headed out to play in the snow.

Here's some pictures and the recipe!

Pass this one on to Ariana, Joel, and Jason, Mom!

(Uncle Randy might want one too. )

Recipe for Funnel Cake

1 beaten egg

2/3 cup milk

1 1/4 cup flour

2 Tbs sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Mix together into smooth batter.

Heat oil @ 375 or about medium/high. (If your batter browns too quickly its because your oil is too hot.)

Use funnel or large spoon, drizzle batter into oil, flip cake, fry until golden brown.

Double the recipe makes about 3 nice sized funnel cakes.

Enjoy!