Muzenmandeln

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 500 g flour (wheat flour)
• 2 tsp, leveled baking powder
• 150 g sugar
• ½ bottle of rum flavoring
• 3 eggs (size M)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 150 g butter
• 1 kg fat, for frying
• Cinnamon, for tossing
• sugar, for turning

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Carnival pastries

For the dough, mix the flour with the baking powder and sift it into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar, flavoring, eggs, salt, and butter. Using a hand mixer fitted with a dough hook, knead the ingredients thoroughly, first briefly on the lowest speed and then on the highest speed. Then knead again on a lightly floured surface. If it’s sticky, let it cool for a while. Roll out the dough to about 1 cm thick and cut out shapes using a Muzen almond cutter or form dumplings using two teaspoons. To fry, heat the fat in a tall pot or deep fryer until bubbles form around the handle of a wooden spoon (then the fat is hot enough). Fry the Muzen almonds in batches until golden brown, then remove with a slotted spoon. Drain well on kitchen paper and then toss in cinnamon sugar while still hot. Muzen almonds should be made and eaten fresh.