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Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method
- In a medium-size saucepan, combine the butter, salt, and sugar with 1 cup water and bring to a boil.
- Remove from the heat, and add all the flour at once.
- Stir vigorously to blend well.
- The mixture will form a dough.
- Return the pan to the burner, turn the heat to medium, and stir the dough for another minute.
- Remove from the heat.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, to the flour mixture, beating well with a hand-held mixer until incorporated.
- In a medium-size saucepan or skillet, pour the oil to a depth of 1 inch, and heat it to 375F.
- Take two teaspoons and dip them into the hot oil to coat.
- Then, with one spoon, scoop out a walnut-size piece of dough and carefully drop it into the hot oil, helping to scrape it off with the other spoon.
- Quickly repeat, dropping in more scoops of dough.
- Do not crowd the pan because the dough pieces will double or triple in size as they cook.
- Fry for about 6 minutes, until the zeppole have grown in size, cracked a bit, and are nicely browned.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Repeat with the remaining dough, keeping the oil at 375F.
- Mix the confectioners sugar and cinnamon together and place in a sifter.
- Sift the cinnamon sugar over the zeppole.
- Serve them hot or warm.
- They cannot be made in advance.