Italian Struffoli Cookie Recipe – Honey Balls

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 48 oz. vegetable oil (use 4 tbs for dough & the rest to cook with)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp anise
• approx 3 cups flour (start with 2 1/2 cup and add more as needed)
• 1 jar Honey
• nonpareils

Directions:

1. Mix first 6 ingredients in a bowl by hand.
2. Heat up the rest of the vegetable oil over med high heat.
3. Take a golf ball size of dough and roll it into a snake till about 1/2? thick.  Cut about 1/4? slices off of the “snake”.  They will not be balls but not to worry, they will come out looking like a ball once cooked.
4. Test 1 ball in the oil.  Once it is brown you are ready to start your batches.  Cook about 1 “snake” worth at a time.  Place in the oil until just slightly brown.  Don’t over cook them.
5. Scoop out with slotted spoon and place on a plate with a paper towel to absorb excess oil.  Continue with each batch until you have used up all the dough.
6. Mound the balls on a plate (you’ll need one that can hold liquid well). 
7. Heat up honey by placing the honey container in boiling water until thin. 
8. Pour over the balls to completely coat. 
9. Sprinkle with nonpareil.
10. Enjoy!