Kalinto recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 tablespoon water (or 1 large egg)
• 1 tablespoon salad oil (or butter)
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

• Oil for frying

• ¼ cup brown sugar (or white sugar if brown sugar is not available)
• 3 tablespoon molasses (use black sugar if available)
• 1 tablespoon water

Frying the Cookies
1. In a bowl, mix flour, sugar and baking powder well.
2. Add water ( or well mixed egg) and sesame seeds if chosen.
3. Mix well and knead until smooth, and leave in the bowl for 30 minutes.
4. Flatten on floured board to about ¼ inch thick. Cut the flattened dough to ¼ wide and 2 inch long.
5. Fry in the oil at 350F until brown.
6. Transfer to a tray lined with paper towel to remove excess oil.
Glazing
7. In skillet, add sugar, molasses (or black sugar) and water.
8. Heat at medium high while constantly mixing. In a few minutes, the water has evaporated, and only molten sugar is in the skillet. When you pull a spoon or chop sticks, a sugar thread is seen to form.
9. Turn off heat, and put the fried cookies, and mix so the surfaces of cookies are all covered with molten sugar.