Twisted Fried Cookies. A klejne is a small piece of dough shaped/twisted like a small knot or diamond and then deep-fried until it is crisp and golden. See also: Original recipe for famous Danish Butter Cookies In Denmark it is possible to buy klejner at almost every super market at Christmas. When I was a young child, my mother was a full-time mother looking after three children. My family was poor and couldn't afford to buy sweets. But my sisters and I always enjoyed sweets that our mother cooked for us.

Great recipe for Twisted Fried Cookies. When I was a young child, my mother was a full-time mother looking after three children. My family was poor and couldn't afford to buy sweets. You can have Twisted Fried Cookies using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Twisted Fried Cookies

It's of Plain Flour 3/4 cup & extra.
It's 1/4 cup of Sugar.
Prepare 1 of Large Egg.
You need of Oil.

But my sisters and I always enjoyed sweets that our mother cooked for us. Fried twisted pastries or pastry cookies also known as Geschnittene Hasen, Gschnidna Hosn, Schneebälle, Storchennester, Schmalzringe, Kameruner or Dörre Küchla (so many different names!) is one of the specialities from Franconian region, Bavaria. Great recipe for Mahua: Twisty Chinese Fried Snacks. These are called various things depending on the manufacturer.

Twisted Fried Cookies step by step

The amount of Flour depends on the size of the Egg. Start with 3/4 cup. Mix the Flour, Sugar and Egg to make dough. Gradually add extra flour to make the dough quite firm, so that you can roll out the dough and cut into strips..
Dust the work surface with flour, roll out the dough to about 4 to 5mm thick..
Cut the rolled dough into 2cm wide and 7-8cm long, or whatever size you like. Make a slit in centre, insert one end into the centre slit, then flip over..
Heat oil about depth of 3cm in a large saucepan over medium low heat. Carefully place twisted cookies into the oil. Cook, turning occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes or until golden..
Transfer the cookies onto a tray lined with paper towel..

If you go to Chinatown, you can always buy these. They are very simple, but you won't tire of them. The key to these is that firm, chewy texture, but if you make them yourself you. Here is how you make them: After the dough is made, it is divided in two, wrapped in plastic and refrigerated. A fried dough twist made by frying a bar of dough in peanut oil.