Zeppole (Flour and Potato Dough)
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
1cups flour
3 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. salt
3 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup margerine
1 1/2 cups warm potato water
3 potatoes, peeled (boiled and mashed)
3 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
oil for frying
Recipe
In a large bowl, mix warm water from potatoes, milk, margerine, shortening, yeast, sugar, salt and mashed potatoes. Cover and set aside. Make a well in center of flour and eggs and liquid ingredients and mix with wooden spoon. Dough will be soft and elastic. If necessary add a little more flour. Beat well, cover bowl and let rise for 1 hour, punch dough down and let rise an additional hour. To make zeppole: Oil hands, take a piece of dough the size of a large walnut, stretch and twist then fry in hot oil. When cool, sprinkle zeppole with confectioners sugar or dip them in warm honey.
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