French Crullers Recipe

Step 1: To prepare French crullers recipe, add water, sugar, butter and salt into a Saucepan, and bring it to boil

Step 2: Once all butter is melted, add flour all at once and start stirring continuously, breaking all the lumps, until the dough comes together

Step 3: You will start seeing a thin coating of the dough on the pan

Step 4: Reduce heat and continue to cook with constant stirring for another 2 to 3 minutes

Step 5: We are trying to remove the moisture from the dough as much possible

Step 6: Remove the dough from heat, let it cool down for about 10 minutes

Step 7: Once dough is cooled a bit, add 1 egg at a time and keep beating with hand beater or stand mixer

Step 8: Beat until the egg is completely incorporated into the dough

Step 9: Then add the next egg and beat until incorporated well

Step 10: Now add 1 egg white at a time and beat well

Step 11: Add the next egg white, beat again

Step 12: Beat well until you see smooth, shiny, sticky dough

Step 13: Put the dough in a piping bag attached to rose (star nozzle)

Step 14: Heat oil for deep frying in a Pan

Step 15: Cut a couple of 4 x 4 inch square shaped parchment papers

Step 16: Grease it with oil

Step 17: Squeeze the dough onto to parchment papers

Step 18: You can pipe about size 3-inch crullers onto the paper

Step 19: Once oil is hot (about 370 degree Fahrenheit), you can start frying crullers on medium heat

Step 20: Lift the parchment paper and drop it into hot oil with dough side down

Step 21: Wait for a couple of seconds or a minute when the dough leaves the parchment paper

Step 22: Using tongs to lift the paper out of oil

Step 23: You can add a few crullers at a time depending on the size of the pan you use to fry

Step 24: Make sure to fry crullers in low flame, flipping it side to side until it’s fried to golden brown

Step 25: Remove from oil and place the fried crullers on kitchen towel

Step 26: Repeat this for rest of the dough

Step 27: Place all the crullers on wire mesh to cool completely

Step 28: Now whisk together icing sugar, honey and milk into smooth glaze

Step 29: Dip a cruller fully into the glaze using a fork and remove it and place it on wire mesh to rest for 1 to 2 hours

Step 30: That’s it crullers are ready

Step 31: I wanted to add a little zing, so I grated a little bit of lime zest on top

Step 32: You can even go ahead with orange zest, grate it on top or mix it in glaze

Step 33: Serve Crullers recipe as a breakfast or snack along with coffee to enjoy the crispy donuts