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Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 4 minutes

Serves: 8-10 funnel cakes

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Ingredients: (U.S. measuring units) 

• 5 eggs

• 3 1⁄2 cups milk

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 4 cups flour (heaping)

• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

• 3 teaspoons baking powder

• 1⁄4 cup sugar

• 10 teaspoons sugar

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Instructions: 

1. Fill a 8 to 10 inch fry pan with oil (about 1/3 to 1/2 of the pan full of oil) and heat to frying temperature.

2. Combine the ingredients in order given.

3. Get a regular cooking funnel. Put your finger over the funnel spout; fill the funnel with the batter.

4. Start letting the batter funnel out in a crisscross until all batter in funnel is gone. Batter will come together and cook until golden brown in about 30 seconds to 1 minute on each side. remove and top with what you want (when cooking make sure you make the batter cover the whole bottom of the pan--just keep crisscrossing until all holes are filled in).

5. Repeat with remaining batter. Makes 8 to 10 large cakes.

6. Toppers for the cakes after cooking: Dust with powdered sugar or powdered sugar mixed with cinnamon. The carnival also uses canned pie filling such as apple or any flavor you want.