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Kleinur – Icelandic cardamom doughnuts
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Kleinur – Icelandic cardamom doughnuts

Icelandic fried doughnut twists with cardamom — crisp outside, soft inside, perfect with coffee.

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50 min total
20 servings
Easy

Ingredients

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  • Ingredients

    • 1.1 lb Flour
    • 3.5 oz Sugar
    • 2 tsp Baking powder
    • 1 tsp Cardamom, ground
    • 2 stk Eggs
    • about 0.8 cup Buttermilk
    • about 1.1 oz Butter, melted
    • 4¼ cup Oil for frying

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix flour, sugar, baking powder

    1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and cardamom. Whisk eggs, buttermilk and butter, then stir in.
  2. 2

    Roll dough to about 1 cm thick

    1. Roll dough to about 1 cm thick. Cut into rectangles, slit the centre and pull one end through.
  3. 3

    Heat oil to 180 °C

    1. Heat oil to 180 °C. Fry kleinur 2–3 min per side until golden.
  4. 4

    Drain on kitchen paper

    1. Drain on kitchen paper. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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