Zeppole

Do you ever just crave a good donut?? I sooooo do – more often that I probably should admit. While I love making baked cake donuts & they are still my favorite – I truly enjoy a fried goodie every once in a while. So I decided to go back to my old book of recipes (some I have not made in what seems like forever) & make some donuts that I know I love.

Zeppole

You see- one night I headed to the couch because the grumble of the grizzly bear was keeping me awake. Then around 5 am the grizzly bear came to wake me & try to bring me back to bed. Well at that point the coffee had already brewed (& I could smell it) & I knew I shouldn’t put off work any longer. So it was not back to bed for me – it was get to work time. But the first thing that ran through my head as he was nudging me awake was that I didn’t have any donuts to start my Saturday morning. I did vocalize this in hopes that he would be ever so sweet & head out to get me some. No go. So I just had to resort to making my own.

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I found that if I dip them in Mocha Dulce de Leche – it’s REALLY GOOD. 🙂

Check out how easy it is to make Zeppole!

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Zeppole

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Ingredients

  

• 1 cup warm water 110-115 degrees
• 1 tsp instant yeast
• 1 tbsp granulated sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• Peanut Oil for frying
• Confectioners Sugar
• Mocha Dulce de Leche for dipping

Instructions

• Sprinkle the yeast & sugar over the water in a measuring cup. Stir until the yeast dissolves.
• In large bowl - combine the flour & salt.
• Add the yeast mixture & stir with a large spoon until well blended.
• Cover with plastic wrap & place in warm spot for 1-1/2 hours to rise. (I like to run the dryer for about 5 minutes & then turn off & place my dough inside to allow to rise)
• Pour about 2 inches of oil in deep, heavy stockpot or deep fryer.
• Heat oil until temp reaches 375 degrees or until the dough sizzles when dropped in.
• Drop the dough by the tablespoon into the hot oil. Do not place too many in at one time- they need space to float around.
• Cook zeppole until golden brown & puffed.
• Remove from oil with large metal slotted spoon & drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining dough
• Once drained- place in paper sack with some confectioners sugar & shake until coated. For a lighter zeppole- you can just sprinkle with confectioners sugar instead. (This is what I did knowing I was going to dip them)
• Serve immediately

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These would also be great dipped in this Coffee Bean Syrup

Coffee Bean Syrup

It’s made with coffee  🙂

 

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