It’s a mouthful to say and delicious to eat! They are Israeli donuts. Although I had always heard of making donuts as a tradition for Hanukkah I had never tried it myself. They are deep fried just like latkes ( potato pancakes) to represent the miracle of a small container of oil lasting 8 days, hence Hanukkah lasts 8 days! The food in Jewish holidays are always very closely connected to and representative of the holiday itself. It’s pretty cool.
Since I had never made sufganiyot before I had to find a recipe online. I found a great one at onceuponachef.com, check it out!
These amazing little guys are a cross between beignets and jelly donuts. Sooooo good!! 😋
Dry ingredients ready to be mixed 
We had to add sugar to get our yeast going 
Letting the dough rise. We put the oven on low to help the process. 
Doubled in size! 
Ready to roll out and flatten 
Cutting it up in to squares
Two inches of oil-that’s a lot of oil! 
Fry, fry, baby! 
Not the prettiest. Cooling down and injected with strawberry jam. 
Bring on the powdered sugar! Beautiful snowfall! 
Cheers! 
Yum!
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