Funkaküachli

Traditional dessert in Vorarlberg

The traditional "Funkaküachli" are a must on a "Funkasunntig" (Funk Sunday) in Vorarlberg. Take a piece of Vorarlberg tradition home with you and try these tasty little cakes made from yeast dough for yourself.

Have fun baking them!

Ingredients:

• 1 kg wheat flour
• 450 g milk
• 15 dag butter
• 15 dag sugar
• 1 dag salt
• 8 dag yeast
• 2 eggs
• lemon zest
• vanilla sugar
• fat for baking
• Sugar for sprinkling (also with cinnamon if desired)

Preparation:

1. Make the yeast dough, making sure that all the ingredients are at room temperature.
2. Cover the finished dough and leave to rise (until it has doubled in size - approx. 1/2 to 1 hour).
3. Roll out the dough (approx. 2 cm thick) and cut out circles with a suitable cutter (alternatively: form small balls and flatten).
4. Leave the dough to rest again. Meanwhile, heat the fat.
5. Pull the cakes apart and shape them so that they are slightly thinner in the middle.
6. Fry in the fat and sprinkle with powdered sugar (tip: the Funkaküachli are often sprinkled with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon).
7. Some people also shape the cakes so that there is a hole in the middle.