Nothing smells more like a county fair than frying oil. Don’t wait for the fair to indulge in hot funnel cakes — instead, get in that kitchen and make it yourself!

**Get this:**

1 egg

2/3 cup milk

1 1/4 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups vegetable oil

confectioners’ sugar

**Do this:**

1. In a deep skillet, heat two cups of vegetable oil over medium heat. When the oil is ready for frying, drop a small bit of flour into the skillet. If it sizzles without smoking, it’s ready for frying.

2. Meanwhile, whisk the egg and milk together.

3. Slowly add flour, salt, baking powder and vanilla extract into the egg-milk mixture, whisking after each ingredient is added.

4. Once the oil is hot, pour the batter into a gallon-sized plastic bag. Cut one corner of the bag, similar to how you would cut a pastry bag, and squeeze it into the skillet. Start by making a spiral with the batter in the hot oil, and then go back and forth in a web-like pattern. By this point, the hot oil will jump out of the skillet, so watch out.

5. Wait two to three minutes. Once the funnel cake is golden brown, flip it over with a spatula to make sure both sides are evenly fried.

6. Take the funnel cake out while hot and coat it with powdered sugar. Add chocolate syrup and strawberries if you wish, then dig in!