I am looking for recipes on making "fried dough".  If it is simply frying
dough then please tell me the recipe for the dough.  If you have some 
interesting toppings that you have tried on fried dough please state them
as well.  Thank You for your cooperation.

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Hm.  Could you give more information about what fried dough is like?
It sounds like a recipe that could go by different names in different
places, and I'd guess there are a number of things that are sometimes
called "fried dough".

When I was a kid, my girl scout troop used to make a thing called "Darn
Goods".  You'd mix Bisquick and water until you had a doughy consistency.
Then you'd make the dough into 1-inch balls and fry them, a few at a time,
in a big pot of hot oil.  When they floated and turned golden brown, you'd
take them out and drain them on paper towels.  When they cooled, you'd
roll them in a cinnamon-sugar mixture.  They were wonderful!
Would that, or something similar, work for fried dough?

Thanks for responding Valerie.  I am pretty sure that "Darn Goods" are pretty
much the same as "Fried Dough".  Except that instead of making 1-inch balls
you stretch it out and make it flat and round.  If you could expand on what 
Bisquick is, I would appreciated.  Sorry I am very illeterate when it comes
to cooking.  Thanks for your help.

 Bisquick is essentially flour and baking powder, and shortning. In short,
it's biscuit mix, so you only need add water, or milk to make decent
bisciuts. I would imagine that you could make the basic drop biscuit
recipe, and fry the resulting dough, or better yet, make the rolled 
type (with milk) and fry them after rolling the dough out.
  There is a panel on the back of the box with instruction. Don't
worry, yoll do great.

My wife thought "fried dough" was essentially doughnuts.  ?  

 You mean Fried Cakes, aka doughnuts. I don't even want to *think*
of them since I used to make them for a living.

Hector, you can find Bisquick at most supermarkets in the US.

I guess I thought everybody knew what "fried dough" would be.  "Fried Dough"
is or at least was very popular in the Northeast.

<grin>  I grew up in NYC, which is definitely Northeast, but I don't
remember ever seeing it there.  

Perhaps it's a New England term.

Could be.  My mom used to make it.  Take a lump of dough and
deep fry it, sprinkle with powdered sugar, enjoy.  You can use
Bisquick or any pancake mix.  The lumps can be golfball size.

I think he's talking about Elephant Ears! (Like you find at the State
Fair and County Fairs, etc.)  I have a recipe from the Detroit Free
Press for them-here it is (they are very high in fat and calories, of
course)...

2 c milk                5 Tablsp oil or shortening
5 Tblsp sugar           2 Tblsp salt
2 packages dry yeast    2 c warm water
6 c flour               2 quarts oil (for frying)

Scald milk. Add sugar, shortening and salt and stir well.  Cool to 
lukewarm.  Sprinkle yeast onto water.  Add milk mixture and 2 cups
of the flour to make smooth dough.  Add rest of flour until dough
is stiff and knead ten minutes till smooth and elastic.  Place in greased
bowl and cover and let rise one hour.  Punch dough down, divide into
eight balls.  Roll or stretch into shape of an elephant ear.  Drop 
into hot oil (375 degrees) and fry till golden brown.  Turn over and 
fry other side.  Remove from oil and drain on paper towelling.  Sprinkle with
cinnamon and sugar and melted butter.  Arrange for coronary artery surgery.

Hector, I'm sorry this response is so late but I hope it's what you're looking
for.  An easier way would be to go to a County Fair or local carnival. They
usually have these, if you have a cast iron stomach!

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