Spanish Rosquillas (Fried Cakes) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons soft butter
hot butter or margarine
confectioners' sugar (icing)

Preparation

Sift flour into a bowl; add sugar, egg, baking powder, vanilla, and butter.
Mix with wooden spoon until you have a firm dough.
Leave in warm room to let dough rise slightly.
Shape into circlets or half moons about the diameter of a silver dollar, and spread as evenly as possible so that they'll cook through.
Fry in a small amount of hot butter about 4 minutes but do not burn.
Sift confectioners' sugar over and serve warm.
Makes about 18 cakes Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery.