Hanukkah Rosquitas
Rosquitas
3 eggs
½ cup sugar
½ cup oil
½ cup orange juice
Pinch of salt
Rind of one orange
1/2 Tblsp baking powder
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Mix all ingredients and then start adding flour until you form a nice dough, not too firm not too sticky.
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About 4-5 cups.
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Let rise 2-3 hours.
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Make golf ball size balls and form a long rope about two inches pinch two ends together to make a circle/donut shape, put on a cookie sheet, when you have formed them all start to drop into hot oil.
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Watch as they get golden, and flip.
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Place on a wire rack.
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Make a syrup of 1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water , and a piece of lemon skin or rind.
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When sugar has melted and starts to thicken take off fire and dip the rosquitas into syrup with two forks, through the center and trying not to pierce them.
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Pile on a platter and wait a bit to dry.
