Zeppole Italian Donuts / Doughnuts
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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3 dozen
ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- cooking oil (for frying)
- granulated sugar or cinnamon-sugar mixture
directions
- In a large bowl beat ricotta cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat until combined. Add flour, granualted sugar, baking powder, and salt & beat on low speed until just combined.
- Let batter stand 30 minutes. Drop batter by well-rounded teaspoons, four or five at a time, into deep hot fat (365 degree F).
- and cook 2 1/2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown turning once.
- Remove doughnuts with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining batter. Cool completely.
- Shake doughnuts in a bag with powdered sugar, granulated sugar, or cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- Makes 3 dozen.
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Reviews
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YUM !! Fried these outside in a Frydaddy deep fryer, and they browned and rolled so easily ! Had jumbo double-yolk eggs, so just used 3. Was perfect ! Made 1/2 with mixture of sugar and cinnamon, rolled hot out of fryer. The other 1/2 dusted with confectioner's sugar, after cooling. Took them to a Labor Day BD party, and they were quickly scarfed up, as word spread. First had these by 84 yo mom of friend, (REAL Italian lady), and knew we had found a new love! Thanks, JackieMarie.
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I had a difficult time with this recipe. I was making them in a deep fat fryer and the outside got done before the inside was totally cooked. Since they have 4 eggs in them I didn't wan't to take a chance on eating any that weren't completely cooked. If I managed to get the inside cooked the outside was very, very brown. They were ok but I don't know if they are worth the trouble.
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This recipe is delicious. Since moving from NY to the south, i haven't been able to find Zeppole's anywhere, let alone a restaurant that even knows what they are, I miss the street fairs!..This is the first good recipe i have come across and most don't even use Ricotta! Thank you again for sharing a wonderful delicious recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jackie B.
Macomb, MI
I am a stay at home mom of three wonderful kids age 12, 10 & 9. We are very busy when it comes to spring time with sports so trying to find quick good dishes is hard. I love to browse this website and find so many interesting recipes. I am a huge fan of finding good deals to decorate our home. Switching things up and moving things around is always a good thing. I would love to learn how to garden. I always have "visions" in my head of what I want something to look like but have no clue how to execute it.