Name: Filhós de Forma (Christmas Fried Cookies)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Ingredients: 6 eggs; 500 grams whole wheat flour, sifted; 2 tbsp fat; pinch salt; 500 ml whole milk; vegetable oil, for frying; granulated sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Filhós de Forma (Christmas Fried Cookies). Lift out with a slotted spoon and drain on paper toweling. Cool, then dredge with confectioners' sugar. *English subtitles available! Today I bring you a very special video, all in Portuguese, with my grandfather. We made Portuguese filhós, a c. A Filhó (or filhós in plural) is a traditional dessert in Portugal and Northeastern Brazil.

Filhós are usually made by forming balls from a mixture of flour and eggs. When the dough has risen, the balls are deep fried and sprinkled with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. This is a traditional Christmas bake in Portugal. You can cook Filhós de Forma (Christmas Fried Cookies) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Filhós de Forma (Christmas Fried Cookies)

You need 6 of eggs.
Prepare 500 grams of whole wheat flour, sifted.
Prepare 2 tbsp of fat.
Prepare pinch of salt.
It's 500 ml of whole milk.
It's of vegetable oil, for frying.
It's of granulated sugar.
It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.

The Brazilian variety is not sprinkled and is usually covered with Honey. FILHÓS DE FORMA/ DESENHO AMIGAS DA BIMBY.. Portuguese Christmas Recipe with my Grampa. Chicago Johnny's Natural Rosette Cookie Recipe (Scandanavian cookie fried in lard.

Filhós de Forma (Christmas Fried Cookies) step by step

In a large mixing bowl mix well the eggs, flour, fat, salt and milk..
Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in a separate small bowl. Set aside..
Heat the oil in a frying pan..
Using a hot iron thats been dipped in the hot oil so as the batter doesn't stick. Dip into the batter but do not cover..
Then carefully transfer into the oil and fry for 3-4 each one or until the batter is crispy and golden ..
While still warm sprinkle with the sugar cinnamon sugar mixture..
Continue the process until all the batter is cooked..

Pour the flour into a large stand mixer bowl. Make a cove/pocket in the middle of the flour with a spoon or a clean fist. Rosettes are biscuits from Scandinavian countries that are also traditionally prepared during the Christmas season. Portuguese filhós de forma are also very similar to kokis. If in Sri Lanka, it is all about happiness, it is paradise in Tunisia.