Easiest Way to Prepare Appetizing Oliebollen (dutch donuts)

Oliebollen (dutch donuts). Ollie-bollen, or (Oliebollen) is a dutch pastry similar to a doughnut. It typically is a deep fried pastry filled with raisins and dusted with. Oliebollen are a typical Dutch snack eaten on New Year's Eve and even though they might look like donuts, they're not.

Oliebollen is a a real dutch delicacy, dough balls in hot oil, usually to be sold in november and december. This is the stall on the Eendrachtsplein. Oliebollen, or Dutch doughnuts, are yeasted donuts that are crisp on the outside and soft and sweet inside. You can cook Oliebollen (dutch donuts) using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Oliebollen (dutch donuts)

1. Prepare 4 cups of flour.
2. Prepare 2 1/4 cups of very warm milk.
3. You need 1 tsp of salt.
4. Prepare 3 tbsp of quick rise yeast.
5. It's 3 tbsp of sugar.
6. You need 4 of apples pealed and diced.
7. You need 1/2 cup of currants.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of raisins.
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of marmalade (or candied fruit).
10. It's of oil for deep frying.
11. It's of icing sugar.

Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar. Oliebollen, also known as Dutch donuts, are traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve, although The Dutch are crazy about their oliebollen. These Dutch donuts are so worth it. If you go to the Netherlands at the end of November or in December you will definitely see stalls with oliebollen everywhere.

Oliebollen (dutch donuts) step by step

1. Mix flour, very warm milk, salt, yeast and sugar together. you should have a sticky pasty dough..
2. Mix in raisins, currants, apples and marmalade..
3. Heat oil until it complains when you sprinkle water into it..
4. Using two spoons, drop 2-3 tblsp sized blobs into your oil. Turn occasionally until both sides are golden brown..
5. Remove from oil and allow to drip from a cooling rack or on paper towel for a few minutes..
6. Sprinkle with liberal amounts of icing sugar..
7. Tell the kids they cant have any unless they do the dishes haha!! Enjoy!!.

This is a traditional Dutch recipe handed down from my husband's family--mostly made at New Year's. Oliebollen are traditionally made and enjoyed as a New Years treat in Holland. A Dutch friend gave me this recipe that I converted and tweaked to our preference. Oliebollen is what our donuts are based on. So from my house to yours Happy New Year!

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