Parshas Lech Lecha

Hashem promises Avram that his descendants will be as many as the stars and the the sand.
For this I made star shaped doughnuts and coated them with a sugar and cinnamon mixture as sand. 

This is such an easy fail proof recipe, and it tastes great!!

enjoy!

Star Shaped Doughnuts

1 package dry yeast

1 1/2 cups warm water or milk

3 1/2 to 4 cups bread flour

1/2 cup sugarr

1  tsp. salt

sugar and cinnamon mixture (for coating)

 canola oil (for frying)

Dissolve yeast in 1 1/2 cup warm water.  Do not mix, allow to stand for 5 minutes.  Mix in 1 cup flour then sugar and salt.  Mix in remaining flour until you have a smooth, non-sticky dough.  Knead on lightly floured surface.  Place in lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until dough is doubled in warm, turned off oven (about 2 hours).  

Turn out dough onto floured surface.  Divide into 8 balls and roll out with a rolling pin.  the thickness depends on what you preffer.  i made both really thin and slightly thicker(1cm thickness) and both were great!
Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat (not too hot or they burn on the outside and stay raw on the inside) and fry for a minute or two on each side.
When ready, roll in sugar cinnamon mixture and enjoy!