In 1998 my husband, Mike and myself had gone to the First Greco Family Picnic (they have it every 5 years). Over the next few months, Diane Randesi (one of the children of the Greco clan) had put together a cookbook that everyone who attended the picnic (about 100 people or more) contributed recipe to the cookbook.
Fried Bow-Ties by Minnie DiFulvio/The Greco Family “Cook”Book
Fried Bow-Ties
3 eggs
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Flour (as much as it takes to make a medium dough mix (see instructions)
Cooking oil (enough to deep fry)
Powdered sugar (enough to roll cookies into)
Mix eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add flour. Start with 2 cups and add ½ cup at a time until you can knead the dough. Place in a lightly greased bowl and cover for 1 hour.
Cut dough in pieces and put each piece through macaroni machine until the piece is long and thin. (If you don’t have a machine, use a rolling pin to roll the dough paper thin.)
Place on board, and cut with a pasty wheel (to make a fluted edge) into 6” strips. Tie each strip into a loose single knot and deep fry quickly in a pan of hot oil. Remove knot-cookie from oil, and place on paper towel to absorb oil. Roll in powdered sugar.
(Recipe for the Fried Bow-Tie Recipe was in the Greco Family “Cook”Book. Minnie DiFulvio, 1998.)
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