KNEE PATCHES, OR ELEPHANT EARS AMISH CONFECTION

Knee Patches, or Elephant Ears Amish Confection image

Provided by andypandy

Categories Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 8

3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup heavy whipping cream
4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 liters vegetable oil, for frying.
1 cup confectioners powdered icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and pale yellow.
Add in the vanilla, salt, and the cream.
Blend.
Add the flour and beat well and thoroughly.
This dough will be very stiff.
On a floured surface kneed for ten minutes.
(if your mixer has a dough hook it can be done that way also.) Preheat oil to 375 degrees.
Pinch off the size of a large marble, and roll out thinly as possible.
Should be about 4 inches or so.
Cover your knees with a tea towel, and stretch the dough over the knee in the sitting position and stretch dough very thin.
Cook two at a time in the hot fat, until golden brown.
Turning once, takes about two minutes on each side.
The dough will blister and puff up like a pita bread.
Lift out each and shake extra oil off well.
Drain on paper towels.
When all the stretching, and deep frying is done, and cookies are cooled, then combine the icing powder and cinnamon, sift over the cookie lightly, on the top of each.
These are eaten the same day.
They do not keep well.