1 packet active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
½ tsp sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
¼ tsp salt
Jar of Pure honey
- 1.
Mix the yeast with ½ cup warm water and sugar
- 2.
Let stand for 5 minutes
- 3.
Stir in remaining batter ingredients.
- 4.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour
- 5.
When the batter has risen, stir it down.
- 6.
Heat oil, about 1½inches deep in a large pan until very hot (375°F)
- 7.
Dip a teaspoon into the oil and use it to scoop up batter and gently slide batter into the oil. The batter will puff up to almost twice its size
- 8.
Continue making puffs
- 9.
Turn them with a slotted spoon until they are browned and crisp
- 10.
Drain them on paper towels
- 11.
Drop them into the cooled syrup to coat
- 12.
Let the excess syrup drain off
- 13.
Sprinkle the puffs with cinnamon and serve immediately
- 14.
Drizzle with honey: Drizzle as little or as much honey onto the puffs