Kleinur

Twisted cardamom doughnuts, crisp and not too sweet.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• ¾ cup Sugar
• 80 g Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1 cup Buttermilk
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 2 tsp Cardamom
• ½ tsp Salt
• 4 cups Frying oil

Method

1. Make the dough — Rub the butter into the flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom and salt, then bind with the eggs and buttermilk.
2. Rest — Chill 30 minutes.
3. Cut — Roll out and cut diamonds, then cut a slit in the centre of each.
4. Twist — Pull one end through the slit to twist it.
5. Fry — Fry at 180°C for 2 minutes a side until deep golden.
6. Kleinur are ready — Drain and cool — they crisp as they sit.

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