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Pastor Lydia's mother, Raisa, makes this delicious Russian desert. Try this recipe today. It is fun to eat and even more fun to make!

You can express yourself in designing roses, branches, braids and etc. Believe me, “Khvorost” turns any event into a feast.

Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1/2 cup milk; Sunflower oil for frying; 2 eggs; 2 tbs sugar;

1 cup sour cream; 1 wineglass vodka; 1/ 2 c sugar powder; pinch of salt

Mix flour, sugar and salt and blend with the milk, sour cream, vodka and beaten eggs. Stir until the mixture is smooth then roll out very thinly and cut into strips about 4 inches long and 1 inch wide.

Slit the center of each strip and push one end of the pastry through it, or make rings with a pastry cutter and twist them into various shapes.

Fry in deep, boiling oil until golden brown, trying to “disturb” every piece of dough that you designed – it makes the dough rise. The more you “shake”  the dough the better it shows the shape of what you designed – you will be surprised.

Place “khvorost”  on paper towel to drain. Sprinkle with sugar powder. Place “khvorost” one piece on the top of the other on a large dish.

"Khvorost" from Raisa's Kitchen