Sufganiyot are the perfect treat for your Chanuka celebration. The home-made version is sooo much better than the store-bought kind!

Ingredients:

  • (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast or 1⁄2 ounce fresh yeast
  • 2 tablespoons warm water
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ounce margarine
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1⁄4 cup warm water
  • oil (for frying)
  • 9 teaspoons strawberry jelly, for filling (your choice of flavor)
  • confectionar’s sugar

Instructions:

  1. Mix the yeast, 2 tablespoons warm water and sugar in a small bowl, and leave to stand till bubbly.
  2. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
  3. Rub the margarine into the flour. Make a well in the flour mixture and add the yeast mixture, the beaten egg and just enough of the warm water to make a soft dough.
  4. Beat well and kneed for 5 minutes on a floured board.
  5. Divide into 12 pieces.
  6. Kneed each piece and place apart on a greased sheet of foil
  7. Brush with water and cover with a greased plastic bag.
  8. Leave until they have doubled in size (about 45 minutes to an hour)
  9. Fry in enough oil to cover 1/3 of the sufganiyot, turning over once to brown both sides, about 3 minutes.
  10. Drain on absorbent paper.
  11. When cool enough to handle, but not to cool, insert the jelly in the middle, either with a syringe or make a hole with the handle of a spoon
  12. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.

Enjoy!

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