Enjoy my holiday zeppole, dusted in cinnamon sugar. These delightful crunchy treats are bound to please the eye, and the tastebuds.

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp instant yeast
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 1/2 cups water (plus more if needed)
Canola oil for frying

Potato, for cleaning the oil

MUSIC:
Christmas Village, Aaron Kenny
Jolly Old St. Nicholas (Instrumental), E Jammy Jams

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VIDEO EDITING: Francesca Sacco

27 Comments

  1. Thank you so much. You’re amazing! I could watch and listen all day 😊🍷👍🏼

  2. Grazie. I've watched many how-to videos for zeppoles. And I really like the clarity of yours. I like your style.

  3. I love this video. My grandmother and mom used to make Zeppole when I was younger. I love everything about this video. You are so organized and to the point when cooking and baking so it makes it so easy to follow. I always learn something from you. I never knew about the cleaning of the oil and I never met a French Fry I didn't love. I can't wait to try make this! Francesca, thank you for a fun video and the perfect music to get us into the holiday spirit!

  4. I never wanted to fry food because I didn't want to waste the oil. So happy you've showed me how to save the oil and reuse it. Thank you.

  5. Grazie Nonna. This brings me back home to New York. I just miss my roots. Zeppole, Polenta, everything homemade and fresh from the giordino. Oh God bring it back.

  6. Good Lord, this is old school cooking!!! Even placing the plate over the bowl! Please don’t lose these beautiful little additions!❤

  7. My Italian Grandmother used to cook fried dough cakes for me that were apparently just flour mixed with Italian alcohol or liqueur and she used to cover them in icing sugar mixed with water (I think) which solidified once cooled…unfortunately she took the recipe with her to her grave

    She used to roll the dough into a large ‘snake’ and then cut bite size pieces

    Does this remind you of anything?
    Grazie

  8. Love your video
    I am going to try making them
    Where can I purchase the cooling rack that you put on the frying pan in your video?

  9. When I was growing up I grew up next door to Italians these old recipes take me back to a great time in life

  10. My Sicilian ex husband & I made something similiar called "sfingi" which had egg in the dough. However, I didn't fill them with pastry cream as some do.

  11. My nonna used to make them but I always assumed she must have used eggs. I'm now vegan and pleased that eggs are not needed for this recipe. You could also fill the zeppole with apple or chocolate.

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