Full of Nostalgia: Fried Bread

• 1 Basic sweet bread dough
• 1 Kinako
• 1 Sugar
• 1 Salt

1. Make the basic sweet bread dough until the first rising is done.
2. After that, punch down the dough and divide it into portions.
3. Form into uniform balls, cover with a wrung out damp towel and let rest for 20 minutes.
4. From here is how I shape them.
5. Just like how you see in the picture, crush the dough with a dough scraper and make a notch in it.
6. From the notch roll out the dough into a thin strip.
7. (I made mine about 24cm long.)
8. Twist the strip of dough tightly.
9. Once you have tightly twisted the dough, bring the two ends together.
10. When you bring the two ends together, it will naturally make a shape like the picture.
11. Spray the dough with water and let the dough rise for the second time for 20 minutes.
12. Deep fry both sides of the dough in oil that has been heated up to 350F (180C).
13. I fried them till they reached a pretty golden brown color.
14. Fry until dark brown, and the edges crisp.
15. Or fry them a little less and they are fluffier.
16. Mix kinako, sugar, salt, or whatever else you'd like in a plastic bag and use to coat.
17. They are done!
18. If you eat them when they are freshly done, they are the best.
19. When you cut them, the outsides are crispy and the middle is fluffy and soft.
20. It has a very nostalgic flavor.

sweet bread, kinako, sugar, salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/168388-full-of-nostalgia-fried-bread (may not work)