Diples (Turnovers)

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~ Ingredients: ~ 2 1/2-3 cups of flour ~ 1 tbsp of baking powder ~ Juice of 1 medium orange ~ 1 cup of milk ~ 3 eggs ~ 4 tbsp of brandy ~ 2 tbsp of sugar ~ Vegetable oil for frying ~ 1 cup of honey ~ 1/2 a cup of warm water ~ 1 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts ~ Cinnamon powder

 

~ In a large bowl mix 2 1/2 cups of flour with baking powder. ~ Make a well in the middle of the flour. ~ Beat the eggs lightly, add the sugar and brandy and beat again to mix. ~ Pour in the flour well and start kneading. ~ Add the orange juice and milk and knead to a smooth soft dough. ~ Add more flour to the dough if needed. ~ Allow the dough to rest for half to an hour and knead again. ~ Use remaining flour to roll out the dough into a thin sheet. ~ Cut out the rolled out dough into strips of your choice of width. ~ The small width of strips you can tie into bows, knots or any other shape you wish. ~ The strips with a bigger width you can have them rolled up. ~ Put plenty of oil into a deep frying pan and heat up. ~ One at a time, fry you diples (Turnovers) in the oil until golden. ~ The large in width diples, using 2 forks, you roll then in the frying pan as they get cooked. ~ After you remove them from the oil, place them on kitchen paper towel to drain. ~ Place in a shallow baking pan side by side apart from each other. ~ In the meantime in another sauce pan mix the honey with the warm water mix well and keep warm. ~ There are two ways of placing the syrup on the diples (Turnovers), either you pour it over the diples or you heat the syrup and deep them in. ~ Either way is sufficient enough. ~ Sprinkle with chopped walnuts and powder cinnamon if desire. ~ Good luck and enjoy.