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Crispy Fried Pastries or Apron Cakes

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 250 g sugar
• 3 pcs eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 tbsp rum
• lard (for baking) (as needed)
• sugar (for sprinkling) (a little)

Instructions

1. Prepare a smooth dough from flour, sugar, eggs, milk, and rum, and let it rest covered in a warm place for some time.
2. Roll out the dough to the thickness of a knife's back, cut into strips one finger long and two fingers wide, make a longitudinal incision in the middle of each strip, and pull one end through the opening.
3. Immediately place the pastries into hot lard, fry until brown on both sides, and serve warm, sprinkled with sugar.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.