Ingredients
5 eggs, at room temperature, divided
5 oz unsalted butter
1⅔ cups all purpose flour, sifted
¾ cup water
¾ cup milk
2 tsp granulated sugar
½ tsp salt
vegetable oil , roughly 5 cups for frying, plus more for greasing
parchment paper, cut into 3½-inch X 3½-inch squares
1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tbsp honey
4 tbsp milk
Preparation
Prepare a container to hold a large-tipped piping bag and brush your parchment paper squares with vegetable oil or cooking spray.
Bring the water, milk, butter, sugar, and salt to a brisk boil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
Over medium heat, mix in the flour all at once in your butter and sugar mixture. Stir until the flour is well incorporated, anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes. You’ll know if you’ve done this correctly once the dough no longer sticks to the sides of your saucepan.
Transfer the dough onto a mixing bowl attached to a hand beater. Beat the dough for 1 to 3 minutes to cool down briefly.
Reduce the mixer to medium speed and add 2 eggs. Beat until evenly incorporated.
Gradually add the next egg, beating constantly, until all 5 eggs are used up. In this way, it will allow the dough to be elastic and can hold a shape.
Preheat your vegetable oil, ready for frying.
Pipe a ring of dough onto each of the greased parchment paper squares, roughly 1-inch diameter. You can freestyle from this point with different shapes or even a larger circle, but keep in mind that the dough will double in size while deep-fried.
When the oil has reached temperature, carefully place a cruller by holding the paper and sliding it into the hot oil. Do this one at a time.
Deep fry the cruller for about 3 to 5 minutes until it turns golden, then flip it over and let it fry for another couple of minutes before removing it to drain on a cooling rack or paper towels.
Mix the confectioners’ sugar, honey, and milk until smooth.
When the crullers are cool to the touch, dip the top of each cruller into the honey glaze and set it on a cooling rack to let the drip runoff.
When the glaze has set, the crullers are ready to serve.
Serve with the ⅓ cup of honey glaze on the side. Enjoy!
