Malasadas!

On days we travel towards the big city we would stop at Leonards food truck and get a greasy bag of hot malasadas which would never make it out of the parking lot. Here you can make some at home. Eat hot. 

Malasadas

1 pkg yeast

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/4 cup milk-scalded

5 beaten eggs

3 1/4 cup flour

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp each almond, vanilla

Oil for deep frying

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk. Let cool, add eggs, flavorings and sugar. Blend until sugar dissolves. Add flour and salt. Cover bowl with cloth and set in warm place. Let dough rise 2-3 hours. Spoon by drops into hot oil. Fry until golden. Shake in sugar in brown bag or roll in sugar. Eat hot.