INGREDIENTS
4 cups + 2/3 cup of 575 grams all purpose flour
1 cup cup 200 grams sugar (divided)
1 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon 1 packet active dry or instant yeast
2 tsp vanilla
1 can evaporated milk 354 ml (divided)
1 1/4 cup warm water divided more if needed
oil for frying
INSTRUCTIONS
If using active dry yeast, in a bowl, mix 1/4 cup of warm water and a teaspoon of granulated sugar with a tablespoon of active dry yeast and let sit for 5-10 minutes until foamy at the top.
In a separate large bowl, mix dry ingredients, flour, remaining sugar, salt, instant yeast if not using active dry yeast, and nutmeg.
Add your yeast mixture to your flour mixture, and slowly add the rest of the can of evaporated milk.
Mix your vanilla with 1/4 cup of water and pour this in and continue to mix.
Gradually add the remaining 3/4 cup of water until you get a thick, stretchy but pourable mixture. traditionally this is mixed with the hand for about 2 minutes but you can use a whisk, hand mixer or stand mixer to form your very wet dough.
Cover with plastic wrap and place in water place for 2 hours. Your mixture with double in size to make sure the bowl you have it in is big enough to it does not overflow.
After 2 hours, punch down your wet dough using hands or spatula.
Pour a quart of oil into a deep pot so you can deep fry bofrot.
Use hand or ice cream scoop and add drops of wet dough into your oil. The oil should be hot but not too hot too cook the outside of the dough before the interior is ready. You can test your first before to gauge how long it should fry in oil.
The bofrot should be in the oil for about a total of 10-12 minutes and no less for large bofrot like the ones made here (12-14 bofrot).
Use wooden chop stick to continuously turn the before as it is frying in the oil until it is a nice golden brown on the outside. The dough balls will start to float and you may have trouble browning equally as they turn in oil but be diligent about turning over the dough balls periodically.
Traditionally, bofrot is served at breakfast with tea, coffee, and porridges but can also be served as a dessert. It is typically eaten plain but can definitely be topped with spread like Nutella or icing sugar perhaps.
Source:
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