Balah-Isham (Deep Fried "Cream Puffs" Pastry) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups water
    1/2 cup butter
    8 tablespoons flour
    1 tablespoon baking powder
    6 eggs
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    Sugar Syrup
    1 cup water
    1 cup sugar
    lemon, juice of
Preparation
    In a large saucepan, heat water and butter until butter melts.
    Bring to a boil.
    Remove from the heat source, add flour and baking powder, mix well, then return to the heat and mix.
    Form dough into a ball in the center.
    Remove from heat and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition.
    Add vanilla with 5th egg.
    (This is a basic Cream Puffs recipe, if you pipe onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375F degrees for 2/3 minutes, you can fill with whipped cream and top with melted chocolate, then chill.)
    Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a medium star tip (pipe into 3-inch long lengths), and deep fry in corn oil until lightly browned.
    Pour sugar syrup over\"balah-isham\" while still warm.
    Sugar syrup: put water, sugar and lemon in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer over medium heat for 20-30 minutes.
    Should thicken when it cools.

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