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Strufoli
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4.8 stars stars based on 34 reviews - 92% would make this again
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2-1/2 cups flour
4 large eggs
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 cups vegetable oil
1-1/2 cups honey
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
Put flour on a board and make a well in the center. Add eggs, egg yolk, oil, sugar, salt, and lemon peel. Mix and work dough well. Shape dough into very small balls about the size of marbles, and fry in 2 cups of hot oil until golden. Fry only a few at a time. While dough is frying, melt honey in saucepan and add orange peel. When balls are done drop them in the honey and orange peel mixture and remove with a strainer spoon. Pile on a serving dish into a conical mound. Cool. Top with candy sprinkles or powdered sugar or leave plain.
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Jackie in Columbia, Missouri Dec 25, 2011
Would make this again.
Excellent recipe - my family has made these for years - my grandmother didn't have this recipe in a cookbook - she just make them and they were always great!! You can also roll out the dough- make it as thin as possible and cut in strips. As far as yield goes - they are just nibbled on by everyone - If you had to say - maybe it yields 8-10 servings.....if you are conservative. Some days I could eat the whole plate myself.....hehehehe 5 stars
Gloria in NYC Dec 29, 2010
Would make this again.
I made a recipe from somewhere else two years ago and it was horrible I vowed never again. so I found this web site this year and sucked up my fear of another pending disaster and I wept with joy when the honey hit the little perfect pillows and they smelled like the bakery ones that I was so determined to make. My family heralded them perfection. I heard angels in the rafters and Christmas was perfect. Thank you for this recipe it is now a new yearly part of my holiday treats for family my Dad in particular who they were made with love for. I rolled out the dough with extra flour on the table into pretzel rod lengths and using the width of my thumb print pressed the knife edge straight down and pulled them free gently. Pinching them slightly to make the circular they became perfect little balls upon hitting the oil. 5 stars
A cookie baker Dec 4, 2010
Would make this again.
we have been making a recipe simular to this for many generations , we put alittle cinnimon is ours and roll the dough into pencil thin strings then cut little pillows put them in the deep fryer and walla perfect little doughballs, then put the honey and sprinkles on them. my dad loved them plain and in his coffee in the morning. 5 stars
Katie Meyer in St. Louis, MO Dec 17, 2009
Would make this again.
These are pretty good, kind of a pain to make, but very tasty! 5 stars
estella in conn Dec 8, 2009
Would make this again.
this is a very good reciepefor strufolii make these every year they are good even at easter 5 stars
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