Balah-Isham (Deep fried "cream puffs" pastry)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 6 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Sugar Syrup

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• lemons, juice of

Directions

1. 1

   In a large saucepan, heat water and butter until butter melts.

2. 2

   Bring to a boil.

3. 3

   Remove from the heat source, add flour and baking powder, mix well, then return to the heat and mix.

4. 4

   Form dough into a ball in the center.

5. 5

   Remove from heat and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition.

6. 6

   Add vanilla with 5th egg.

7. 7

   (This is a basic Cream Puffs recipe, if you pipe onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375F degrees for 2/3 minutes, you can fill with whipped cream and top with melted chocolate, then chill.)

8. 8

   Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a medium star tip (pipe into 3-inch long lengths), and deep fry in corn oil until lightly browned.

9. 9

   Pour sugar syrup over"balah-isham" while still warm.

10. 10

    Sugar syrup: put water, sugar and lemon in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer over medium heat for 20-30 minutes.

11. 11

    Should thicken when it cools.