Struffoli

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup crisco
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 -3 1/2 cups flour
• canola oil (for deep frying)
• honey
• 3/4 cup medium chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup chocolate sprinkles (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put the crisco and sugar in bowl of mixer. beat till blended and light.
• 2 add eggs and vanilla extract. beat till blended.
• 3 add 2 cups of flour and mix well. add more flour in half cup measurements till you have a nice rollable dough.
• 4 divide the dough and with a floured counter top and hands roll into long ropes between 1/4"-1/2" thick and then cut ropes with a bread knife into about 1/4" balls. this may seem like it will take a long time but it goes very quickly as i enlist my whole family to take part.
• 5 fry the balls in hot oil till they are golden brown. remove and put the fried balls in a bowl (with paper towel on bottom) large enough to hold all the struffoli. remove the paper towel once all struffoli are done.
• 6 heat 1 cup of honey in a small saucepan. no need to make it too hot, just warm. pour honey over the struffoli balls. sprinkle with walnuts and in our family's case chocolate sprinkles.
• 7 the struffoli can then be put into whatever serving dish you like. i use one with a lid as they should be covered when stored. in my house that is on the kitchen island for easy munching.
• 8 after they have sat over night they will need a good stir as the honey sets to the bottom. they may need more honey as well as they absorb it as they sit.