Amish Wedding Nothings Or Knee Patches Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Stir together cream, egg, salt and just enough flour to make an elastic dough. The first time I only needed 1-1/2 cups.
• 2. Divide dough into 8 balls for bigger pieces or more balls if you want smaller pieces. Roll out into very thin, flat circles. Cut slits across so it doesn't puff too much when fried.
• 3. After heating oil to 365 drop pieces 1 at a time and fry until golden then put out on paper towels to drain slightly.
• 4. While still very warm dust each side with powdered sugar. If not sweet enough you could use granulated sugar instead. This way is good with cinnamon in the sugar.

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.