{"id":859,"date":"2019-09-07T16:21:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2019-09-07T18:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T23:05:55","slug":"loukoumades-fried-greek-honey-puffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/07\/loukoumades-fried-greek-honey-puffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Loukoumades &#8211; Fried Greek Honey Puffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Loukoumades<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\n2 packages active dry yeast (.25 oz each)<br \/>\n1 cup warm water<br \/>\n\u00bd cup warm milk<br \/>\n\u00bc cup white sugar<br \/>\n1 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1\/3 cup butter, softened<br \/>\n3 eggs<br \/>\n4 cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n\u00bd cup honey<br \/>\n\u00bd cup water<br \/>\n4+ cups of oil for frying<br \/>\n2 teaspoons ground cinnamon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add yeast to warm water (no more than 100 degrees) in a bowl and let stand for 5 minutes and the yeast begins to form a creamy foam*.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl mix warm milk, sugar and salt until dissolved.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the yeast mixture into the milk mixture and stir to combine.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in the butter, eggs and flour until the mixture forms a smooth, soft dough.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and let rise about 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Stir the dough well, cover and let rise for another 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Mix honey and \u00bd cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the heat and let the syrup cool.<\/li>\n<li>Heat oil in a deep fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Place a tablespoon in a glass of water near the batter. Scoop up about 2 tablespoons of dough and drop it into the palm of your wet hand and roll the dough back into the spoon to form a round ball shape.<\/li>\n<li>Drop the dough into the hot oil and fry until they are golden brown and the flip to cook the other side. Approximately 2 minutes each side.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oil and drain on paper towels.<\/li>\n<li>Drizzle with honey syrup and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve Hot!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>*If a creamy foam does not form, then most likely the yeast is dead. Buy new yeast and start over.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Whatever it is you are searching for; I hope you can eat it.&#8221;\u00a0 (Jessica Tijerina) <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loukoumades Ingredients 2 packages active dry yeast (.25 oz each) 1 cup warm water \u00bd cup warm milk \u00bc cup white sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1\/3 cup butter, softened 3 eggs 4 cups all-purpose flour \u00bd cup honey \u00bd cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[553,547,548,546,550,549,551,552],"class_list":{"1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-recipes","7":"tag-cinnamon-dough","8":"tag-dessert","9":"tag-fried-dough","10":"tag-greek","11":"tag-honey-dessert","12":"tag-honey-dough","13":"tag-honey-fried-dough","14":"tag-loukoumades"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}