Geraldene Holt

Canadian Crullers

Preparation info
  • Makes:

    24–30

    pastries
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cakes
Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

  • About

A recipe that illustrates the Scottish heritage of some Canadian cooking. These deep-fried pastries are flavoured with mace, a beautifully aromatic spice made from the lacy husk of a nutmeg.

Ingredients

  • 230 g / 8 oz flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Method

Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and ground mace into a bowl and stir in the grated zest of lemon. Add the butter in pieces and rub the mixture together with your fingertips. Stir in the beaten eggs and mix to a stiff dough. Turn the dough on to a floured board and roll out until about 1 cm / <