Blooming Onions

Ingredients:

• whole onions
• 3 cups flour
• 1 Tbsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
• buttermilk
• salt and pepper to taste
• Ranch or Thousand Island dressing

Directions:

Cut onions into several sections, so they fan out like flowers. Be sure not to cut roots, so onion will stay together. Cover onions with buttermilk and refrigerate several hours. Mix dry ingredients together. Carefully remove onions from buttermilk and sprinkle dry mixture over onion, making sure entire onion is covered. Deep fry in a large fryer at 375 degrees F for 4 minutes. Onions may be dipped in Ranch or Thousand Island dressing

By Anna