Love Balls (Aka Astarpungar In Iceland) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 eggs
    5 tablespoons sugar
    1 3/4 cups flour
    3 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon cardamom (freshly ground or may sub 2 tsp grated lemon zest)
    6 1/2 ounces milk (See prep step #2)
    5 tablespoons raisins (chopped if at all lrg)
    vegetable oil (for frying)
Preparation
    Whisk eggs & sugar in a bowl.
    Mix flour, baking powder, cardamom & salt. Stir this mixture into the egg mixture, alternating w/the milk. (NOTE: You may not need all the milk. The batter should be thick & almost able to hold its shape.).
    Fold in the raisins. Heat oil to 365\u00b0F.
    Shape balls using 2 tablespoons & fry 5-6 at a time for 3-4 min or till med-brown & puffy, turning several times to cook evenly.
    Remove w/slotted spoon, drain on absorbent paper & repeat process to use all batter.
    NOTE #1 Re Yield & Times: I have not made this recipe & admit I have no plans to do so in the immediate future since my child-bearing yrs are ancient history. My prob entering this recipe was that there was not a hint of yield or times. That said, they were entirely guesstimated.
    NOTE #2: I was a bit surprised there was no mention of plumping the raisins. I would favor doing that, but it's your choice.

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