Twigs

36 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Milk
2 Eggs; beaten
2 tablespoons Rum, gin or vodka
¼ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
2½ cup All-purpose flour; sifted
(up to 3 cups)
Fat; for frying
Confectioner's sugar
Cinnamon

Directions

Recipe by: The Eastern European Cookbook-ISBN 0-486-23562-9 Combine milk, eggs, liquor, sugar and salt in a large bowl. MIx well.

Gradually add flour, enough to make a stiff dough. Turn out on a floured board and knead until smooth. Roll out thinly and cut into approximately 36 5-by-1-inch strips. Make a lengthwise slit down the center of each strip, allowing 1 inch on each end uncut. Put one end of the dough through the slit to form a sort of loop. Deep-fry in hot fat (375 deg. F. on a frying thermometer), about 10 at a time, until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain. To serve, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and cinnamon. Makes about 3 doz.

NOTES: These cookies take their name, khvorost, from the Russian word for

: firewood kindling - twigs or branches - which they somewhat : resemble.

From: Dan Klepach

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