Tennessee fried cream

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 eaches Egg yolks
½ cup All purpose flour
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Milk
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 each Whole egg
1 teaspoon Cold water
Fine corn flake crumbs
Ground cinnamon
Fat for frying
Cinnamon sugar

Directions

Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored. Sift flour with sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Add alternately to egg yolks with milk, mixing well after each addition. Cook in top part of a double boiler over boiling water. Stir until mixture becomes thick and smooth. Add vanilla. Pour into buttered 8 inch square pan, cool, and chill. Beat whole egg slightly with water. Cut custard into 4 inch strips, 1 inch wide. Carefully dip each strip into egg, then into crumbs lightly spiced with cinnamon. Refrigerate. Fry a few at a time in 2 inches of hot fat in a skillet. Serve hot, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Makes 4 servings. Origin: Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery, Volume 1, Tennessee Section. Shared by: Sharon Stevens, May/94.

Submitted By SHARON STEVENS On 05-07-95

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