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Loukoumades Recipe
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Loukoumades

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"Fried Greek honey puffs." —  

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Directions

  1. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water in a small bowl. The water should be no more than 100 degrees F (40 degrees C). Let stand for 5 minutes until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam. In a large bowl, mix the warm milk, sugar, and salt, and mix to dissolve. Pour the yeast mixture into the milk mixture, and stir to combine.
  2. Beat in the butter, eggs, and flour until the mixture forms a smooth, soft dough. Cover the bowl, and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes. Stir the dough well, cover, and let rise 30 more minutes.
  3. Mix honey and 1/2 cup of water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat and let the honey syrup cool.
  4. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil should be about 2 inches deep.
  5. Place a large table or soup spoon in a glass of water near the batter. Scoop up about 2 tablespoons of dough per puff with the wet spoon, drop it into the wet palm of your hand, and roll it back into the spoon to create a round shape. Do not overhandle the puffy, soft dough. Drop the dough balls into the hot oil in batches, wetting the spoon each time you make a dough ball. Fry in the hot oil until golden brown on the bottom, and roll them over to cook the other side, 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Gently set the loukoumades aside to drain on paper towels.
  6. Place the loukoumades on a baking sheet, drizzle them with honey syrup, and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve warm.
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  • PREP 10 mins
  • COOK 15 mins
  • READY IN 1 hr 30 mins
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Most Helpful Positive Review
Dec 15, 2009

Great!!!It is one of the most famous dessert, especially at holidays, Christmas and New Years eve. In Corfu, it is the most favorite dessert at Saint Spyridon's day, which is the most glory day on the whole island! They could be even without the eggs. And without putting on the honey surop but some powdered sugar with a lot of cinnamon!!!Delicious!!!

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Most Helpful Critical Review
Dec 28, 2009

These were ok, but I found the dough was pretty bland and not at all sweet. Next time I will definately increase the sugar in the dough- maybe to 1/2c? Also I added the cinnamon to the honey syrup as it cooked, rather then sprinkling it on top. This made it easy to evenly coat the loukoumades with cinnamon. I found that 2 tbsp of dough was to much for one, so I decreased the size to 1 big tbsp instead.

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Sep 30, 2010

We used wheat flour because that's all we had, and they came out great. Very delicious.

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Mar 02, 2011

Very good the only change was that I added cloves instead of cinnamon to the warm honey, delicious :)

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Dec 15, 2010

instead of using the honey syrup i used white confertoners sugar a topping.it turned out great.this is defentally something i will make more of.

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Apr 04, 2011

mine weren't perfect circles, but they were delicious. I also mixed the cinnamon right into the honey syrup when it was boiling.

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Sep 21, 2012

Cooks way more than 25, great recipe!

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Feb 25, 2013

i tried to do this recipe, but it would'nt work for me, the dough balls would'nt cook all the way through without the outside getting burned.. PLEASE help me.... email. aprylcanales22@gmail.com

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Nutrition

  • Calories
  • 167 kcal
  • 8%
  • Carbohydrates
  • 23.5 g
  • 8%
  • Cholesterol
  • 32 mg
  • 11%
  • Fat
  • 6.9 g
  • 11%
  • Fiber
  • 0.8 g
  • 3%
  • Protein
  • 3.2 g
  • 6%
  • Sodium
  • 122 mg
  • 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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