Any Italian cooks out there

I am looking for a Spengi recipe. My mom use to make this when I was a kid. All I can remember is..it was like a pancake type batter that she deep fried in small batches which looked like a small donut without the hole. They were fried to a golden brown then rolled in cinammon and sugar. We ate them warm and they were so good.

I would appreciate anyone that could help me.

Thanks,
Bravo

Bravo, your description sounds lke my recipe for Sfingi, so I hope this is what you’re looking for.

I think these Sicilian donuts are delicious served warm!

3 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
6 teaspoons baking powder
3 eggs, beaten
1-1/2 cups water
1 teaspoon vanillka
corn oil (for frying)

1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Mix flour, sugar, and baking powder.
Add eggs, water, and vanilla; mix well. Drop batter by tablespoons in hot, deep oil. If oil is hot enough, sfingi will cook and turn over without help. If not, turn with a large spoon to brown on both sides. Add as many sfingi as will fit in skillet or deep-fryer without crowding/touching. Fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Combine powdered sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle warm sfingi with powdered sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Enjoy!

This is not exactly the recipe that you requested, but it is Italian. I got it out of a cookbook titled "Favorite Italian American Recipes". I have not tried it. I do not know how to pronounce the name of it either.

SFIGITELIES

4 lb. flour
1/4 lb. Crisco
4 eggs
1 pinch salt

Add enough water to mix. Mix flour, Crisco, and salt well.(my comment, I think I would mix the flour, Crisco and salt in first, and add water as needed.) Make a well and add one egg at a time, mixing well. Roll out like pie dough. Melt about 2 or 3 tablespoons Crisco and pat it on the top of dough that has been rolled out abour 1/4 inch thick. Then fold dough over and make 4 thicknesses. Cover with wax paper and let set in refrigerator overnight. When ready to bake, cut the dough into 1 inch pieces. Roll one at a time, about 3 inches round; fill with cream (recipe below), then pinch edges together until they are sealed, then bake until golden brown.

Cream Recipe:
2 cup sugar
3 heaping tsps. cornstarch
pinch salt

Mix above in a saucepan.

4 egg yolks
2 cups milk
2 tsps. vanilla
2 TBSPS. butter.

Add egg yolks and milk. Cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil, stirring constantly. Add vanilla and butter. Cool and fill your pieces of dough.

I'm sorry this recipe did not give the temperature for the baking. I think I would used the reccommended time for pies though, between 350 and 375 degrees.

Margaret

bravo

I think you mean Sfingi! My grandmother always made these with cream puffs on st josephs day. I have the recipe! I havent made these in a long time but this is the way it was written so you may have to add a little extra flour or milk to get the batter to "look right". It should look like a thick pancake batter.

Sfingi

1 egg
1 cup whole milk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbls baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

Mix together the egg, milk, flour, vanilla and baking powder. If thin add a little additional flour, if too thick add a little addtional milk. Drop teaspoonfuls of batter into very hot oil, cooking until lightly browned. Place on paper towels to drain. Mix together sugars and spices in paper bag, pop warm sfingis in bag and shake to coat.

Note: grandma always did the paper bag thing, but you can also just mix them in a bowl and toss them in there as well.

Thank you for the recipe This looks like the one my mom use to make. I am going to make them very soon.

Bravo