Zeppoles

Sorry Grandma Marie I’m ditching the oil and quite possibly never looking back.

Zeppoles o Sweet Zepploes how I love theee.

In my family, these fluffy, hot puffs of dough are typically enjoyed on Christmas Eve. My grandmother would serve them up before dinner while we were all lingering around the kitchen waiting for the Seven Fishes feast to start, now Chris and I look forward to serving these up to our guests as part of dessert every Christmas Eve. Every other year we’ve fried them in oil and then we are left with a bunch of oil for about a year until we need to fry something again. In an effort to not have to clean up that mess anymore I thought to myself there has to be some Air fryer version of these suckers.

I mean you can make just about anything in the air fryer.

So without further ado..

Air Fryer Zeppoles

Prep time: 5 mins

Makes: a bunch of zeppoles =)

Ingredients

• 1 package pizza dough- homemade or store-bought OR Follow the recipe below for homemade dough

• 1/2 cup ish ‘ powdered sugar

• 1 package of yeast if making own dough

• 2 cups flour if making own dough

• 2-3 tbsp milk

Instructions:

• If making your own dough do this several hours before you want to actually eat them =)

• combine yeast 2 cups of flour, slowly add water in and mix until you get a dough-like consistency

• cover with a towel and let it rise

• once the dough has risen heat up your oil for frying

• spoon small amounts of dough into the hot oil

• when the zeppole begins to float at the top of the oil they should be done- time will vary depending on size

• light brown on the outside but cooked through on the inside

• immediately toss or sprinkle with powdered sugar

  Pizza dough option

• ball up the dough

• spray air fryer and dough

• cook until light brown

• slowly fold the sugar into the milk until a glaze forms

• roll the ball into milk and sugar mixture until coated

• ENJOY

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