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Do you love to eat Zeppoles from the fair, but now that the prices of fair food is going up, you'd like to make them to eat without exceeding your budget? You'll find all the details to making this sweet fried treat at home after reading this article.
Ingredients
Yield: 35 dough-balls
- 2 quarts vegetable oil (frying)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1/2 tsp white sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar (dusting)
Steps
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Preheat the oil in a deep fryer that is set to 375 °F (191 °C).
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Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and eggs, ricotta cheese and vanilla into a medium-to-large-sized bowl.
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Roll and shape these pieces into the 35 round balls that are about an inch to an inch and a half in diameter.
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Drop these pieces of dough-rounds into the preheated fryer.
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Fry the Zeppoles, until they turn a golden brown color.
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Set these rounds off onto a draining item made of paper (such as a paper towel or unused napkin). Let them drain until all the excess oil has drained off of these round pieces.
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Sprinkle them with the confectioner's sugar.Advertisement
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Tips
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Serve these Zeppoles at parties after they have cooled a bit.Thanks
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