Deep Fried Tangle Pastries

Ingredients

• ½ lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 eggs, beaten
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• about 5 cups flour

Method

1. 1 Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and beat well.
2. 2 Sift in the cinnamon and enough flour to make a stiff dough.
3. 3 Roll out the dough very thin (about 1/8 inch) on a floured board.
4. 4 Cut into 3x5 inch rectangles. Make 5 lengthwise cuts ½ inch apart, 4½ inches long, keeping the rectangle intact.
5. 5 Fry in hot deep fat (360°F) for 2 minutes until they bob up.
6. 6 While frying, pull up strips 1, 3, and 5 and let strips 2, 4, and 6 sag to tangle them. Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with molasses and serve hot.