Honey Syrup Fried Dough Bites

Ingredients

Dough

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp dry yeast
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 cup warm water or warm milk
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp oil

Syrup

• ½ cup honey (or sugar syrup)
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• Optional: cinnamon

For frying

• Oil

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Instructions

1. Make dough
   Mix warm water, yeast, and sugar. Let sit 5–10 minutes. Add flour, salt, and oil. Mix into a soft sticky dough. Let rise 1 hour.
2. Fry
   Heat oil. Drop small spoonfuls of dough into oil and fry until golden brown.
3. Make syrup
   Warm honey + water + lemon juice together (don’t boil too hard).
4. Coat
   Toss hot fried dough in warm syrup until fully coated.
5. Serve
   Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

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If you want, I can also give you the exact Hungarian version (Fánk bites) or a crispy bakery-style version like street food.

Gombóc (Hungarian Plum Dumplings)

Gombóc (Hungarian Plum Dumplings) 🇭🇺

Ingredients

Dough

• 2 lbs (900 g) potatoes
• 1 egg
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• Pinch of salt

Filling

• 8–10 small plums, pitted
• Sugar
• Cinnamon

Coating

• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 3 tbsp butter
• Sugar for serving

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Instructions

1. Boil potatoes until tender. Peel and mash, then cool.
2. Mix potatoes with egg, salt, and flour to form a soft dough.
3. Roll dough out and cut into squares.
4. Place a plum in each square and fill center with sugar and cinnamon.
5. Wrap dough around plums and seal tightly.
6. Boil in salted water until dumplings float, then cook 3–4 minutes more.
7. Toast breadcrumbs in butter until golden.
8. Roll cooked dumplings in breadcrumbs.