Traditional Newfoundland Toutons and Frozies
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  • Prep Time: 60 minutes
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Traditional Newfoundland Toutons and Frozies

By February 25, 2017

Homemade toutons
Fried toutons

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These old fashion style toutons/bankers made from bread dough and cut in small pieces of dough and shaped like flat patties the size of your hand. Then fried in a cast iron frying pan or a frying pan of choice with butter and oil fried until golden brown. I'm sure this meal have been made by many people all over Newfoundland and Labrador and by Newfoundlanders all of the world. If you are seeing this delicious fried bread for the first time, please take the time out of your busy schedule and make them.

GLUTEN FREE BREAD

GLUTEN FREE BREAD
FRIED TOUTONS MADE WITH GLUTEN FREE DOUGH. 🙂
GLUTEN FREE BREAD
FRIED FLAT BREAD CALLED TOUTONS, here in Newfoundland and Labrador.

We hope you are enjoyed our method to making toutons and Frozies, please leave us a message letting us know, plus don't forget to watch our short video tutorial to make yours today.

Please continue on to our recipe posted below!

Homemade toutons

Pan fried toutons/ bankers in butter and oil until golden brown.

Ingredients

Instructions

White Dough:

Method: 

• Combine in large bowl: 4 cups flour and 1/2 tsp sea salt, mix together. 

• In another bowl, add 1 tbsp dry fast rising or traditional yeast with 1 1/2 cups warm water and 1 tsp sugar, Let rise for about 5 minutes. 

• In another bowl melt butter or margarine. 

• In flour mixture make an hole in the middle to pour your yeast and warm water and butter, mixing all ingredients together with a wooden spoon or kitchen aid until it thickens, then keep adding 1/2 cup of flour to work dough together. 

•  ( If you need to add more warm water this should be done during the mixing stage.)

•  This can be done with your hand or kitchen aid with a hook.

• Knead dough, add more flour if necessary until dough is smooth, elastic and no longer sticky and you can hear cracking of the dough when folding dough. Keep working dough into a ball.

• When completed sprinkle some flour over the top of dough, then cover with a piece of parchment paper and a towel.

  • Let dough rise in a warm place until dough rises for 30 minutes, after risen don’t deflate dough.Then cut small or large pieces of dough about half the size as your hand and pull apart to make a flat dough.
  • Pre-heat your frying pan to medium heat and add 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil.
  • Place about 6 small pieces or 3 large pieces of flat dough in your pan let fry for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown then remove from pan.

GLUTEN FREE TOUTONS

1 1/2 cups, Gluten free all-purpose baking flour     - 1 1/2 tbsp, White sugar

1 tsp, Xanthan gum ( sound like zanthan )              -1 tsp, Fast rising or traditional yeast

1/2 tsp, Sea salt                                                      - 1/2 cup, Warm water for yeast

1/4 cup, warm milk of choice                                  - 2 tbsp, Melted butter or margarine 

1 large, Egg or egg replacer ( see package for instructions )

Method:

-In a large bowl add the flour,1 tbsp sugar, sea salt, and xanthan gum, mix together.

-  In a small glass bowl add 1/ 2 cup warm water and yeast, 1/2 tbsp sugar stir together, let rise for about 5 minutes then add to bowl. Mix until all combined.

- Using a wooden spoon or an electric blender or kitchen aid, pour in the 1/4 cup warm milk, beating until combined, the mixture will be crumbly at first, but once all the milk is added, it'll come together nice.

  • Add the butter or margarine and beat until all combined and mixed well.
  • Add egg to a small bowl to check, then beat in the egg to mixture, beating in thoroughly or use egg replacer follow instructions on package. Scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl, then beat at high speed for 3 minutes or so, to make it very smooth and thick batter, use more flour or warm water if needed.
  • Cover the bowl, and let the thick batter rise for 45 minutes to 1 hour, place bowl in warm or sunny area in your kitchen or under the stove hood light, when risen don’t deflate, scoop out batter and shape out toutons, fry on medium heat with butter and oil.

BAKING TIPS: White bread dough can be frozen if you can’t use all for toutons, put in freezer bag and remove from freezer the morning before using.

- Gluten free touton dough can be used in a waffle making or frying pan, leftovers can be kept in the fridge for a day but not frozen. Use for bread if to much for toutons.

Frozies:

1 - Pre-heat your deep fryer to about 350° "make sure it's a approved deep fryer not on the stove top."

2 - Cut small pieces of dough and shape into round pieces, after you have made about six pieces put them down in the hot oil and let fry for about 5 minutes or until golden brown.

3 - Remove from oil and let drain on some paper towel or parchment paper for a minute, then place in a bowl and sprinkle them with some icing sugar and cinnamon. You also can cut them a little and add some jam or jelly to the centre.

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Homemade Dough for Traditional Newfoundland Toutons and Frozies, bread rolls and so much more.

Homemade dough fried in pieces to make toutons about the size of your hand and fried until golden brown. Plus there are so many ways you can eat and serve toutons, some likes it served with molasses and butter, also the touton can be cut in half pour molasses over it and covered with butter. So good!

Another way people love toutons also called bankers, with a bowl of milk with sugar to dip the toutons in. Then some loves to eat these delicious toutons with blueberry jam.

Traditional Newfoundland Blueberry Jam

Traditional Newfoundland Blueberry Jam
Blueberry Jam and freshly picked blueberries

One of my favourite ways to eat toutons and it’s also my moms favourite is served with a fried egg, just fry your touton in the frying pan with butter and some oil after fry a sunnyside up egg, when fried remove the touton from the pan, cut it in the middle then add your fried egg. You can add any of your favourite toppings, cheese or sauces then enjoy.

Toutons and Frozies
Fried toutons/bankers
Toutons and Frozies
Pan fried toutons/bankers with sunnyside up egg, bologna and cheese inside

Frozies this delicious deep fried dough is a work of heart, little round pieces of homemade dough deep fried for about five minutes or until lightly golden brown, drained on paper towel and topped with powered sugar and cinnamon. Please use a certified plug in deep fryer to make them ” never open oil on a stove top” this is a picture of one of many you can purchase.

T-fal deep fryer

I’m sure there are many wonderful ways you can make toutons and Frozies, also the people in different communities in Newfoundland would called them different names. I have only a couple of them listed, but they taste the same.

I hope I have convinced you to make these delicious toutons/bankers or the little round Frozies.

This recipe for Toutons and Frozies is featured in my cookbook now available.

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