Funnel Cake Fries
These funnel cake fries are a fun snack to serve in the summer time! Like traditional funnel cakes, but in fun fry form for easy dipping!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 221kcal
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ cups (300 ml) whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240 ml) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Fill a heavy-bottomed pot with two inches of oil and heat to 375°F. While the oil is heating, make the batter.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs and sugar until foamy and bright yellow. 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Whisk in the milk and vanilla extract until combined. 1 ¼ cups (300 ml) whole milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the flour, baking powder, and salt to the wet mixture and whisk to combine. Whisk just until there are no lumps or pockets of flour mixture remains. Be careful to not overmix. 2 cups (240 ml) all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt
- Add the batter to a squeeze bottle or large piping bag. I like to place my piping bag in a tall drinking glass and fold down the top to easily spoon the batter in and it’s a good resting place when you’re frying a batch! Cut a hole large enough to be able to pipe out the batter (about a ½ inch). If you use a squeeze bottle I recommend cutting and making the opening a bit wider.
- Before you begin frying set up a plate or wire rack with paper towels. Once the oil reaches temperature, pipe a strip of the batter in a straight line into the hot oil. Continue until you have about 5-6 fries in the oil. Don’t overcrowd the oil or it will lower the temperature.
- Cook for about 1 minute, then flip over to continue cooking with a metal slotted spoon and continue cooking until both sides are golden brown. Remove from the oil and let the excess oil drain. Place onto the paper lined wire rack (or plate).
- Continue frying the rest of the batter. Dust with confectioners sugar before serving!
Notes
- Leftovers: Reheat any leftovers. Place any fries on a baking sheet and reheat in a 450oF oven for 3-4 minutes.
- Let the oil come back up to temperature between each batch. The oil temperature can drop in between each frying batch so be sure to let it heat back up before frying more. I recommend using a candy thermometer so you can keep on the eye on the temperature.
- Don't overcrowd the pan. I fry about 5-6 funnel fries at a time. If you add too many at a time it will drop the oil temperature and make soggy fries and you won't get those beautiful exterior crisps.
- Use a clean ketchup bottle for dispensing! If you don't have a plastic squeeze bottle this always can work too! Just make sure it's good and cleaned out!
- Use a large freezer plastic bag. If you don't have a piping bag, you can place the batter into a large ziploc bag and then snip off the corner
Nutrition
Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 139mg | Potassium: 209mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 162IU | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 2mg