Oliebollen

5 from 10 votes

Oliebollen are small Dutch pastries often referred to as the grandmother of donuts! These soft, pillowy treats are dusted with powdered sugar and are traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve.

Prep Time5

Cook Time8

Additional Time1

Total Time1 13

Course: New Year's Eve

Cuisine: Dutch

Keyword: how do you make oliebollen, oliebollen, oliebollen recipe, recipe for oliebollen

Servings: oliebollen

Calories: 80kcal

Author: Maayke

Ingredients

4 cups flour
2 cups lukewarm water or milk
1 packet yeast 7 gram
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 egg
8 ½ cups sunflower oil *The ammount depen on the pan you are using.

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Instructions

Add the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast to a large bowl and mix until combined.
Add the egg and water and mix it with a hand mixer with dough hooks to a smooth batter. This takes about 5-10 minutes. You can also do this with a (wooden) spoon if you don't have a mixer.
Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let the batter rise in a warm place for about 45-60 minutes. The batter is ready to bake when it has roughly doubled in volume.
Preheat your oil to 350 °F (180 °C).
Dip your spoons or ice cream scoop into the hot oil for a moment and scoop some batter from the bowl.
Carefully slide the oliebollen batter into the hot oil and fry the oliebollen for about 4 minutes on one side until golden brown. They should turn over on their own after 2-3 minutes.
Scoop them out with a slotted spoon and let the oil balls drain on some paper towels to drain off the excess oil.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all the batter is used up.

Notes

You can heat up leftover oliebollen in a preheated oven or microwave.
You can keep them for 2-3 days at room temperature or up to 3 months in the freezer.

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