Svinge – Fried Sweet Dough

A plate of fried sweet dough known as Svinge in Hebrew

Ingredients

1-1/2 Cups of flour
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon instant yeast
7/8 Cup of warm water

Directions

Mix all ingredients together. Let the batter sit for three hours until it has doubled or tripled in size. Heat oil in a frying pan. Wet your hands and tear off plum-sized pieces of the dough. Stretch them a bit and form a hole in the middle. Fry both sides. Drain on paper towels and then sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar. Serve immediately.