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Fried Dough Balls

Tasty, fragrant, and airy dough balls! A really delicious and fairly easy dessert that many of us grew up with. You can make these balls from plain dough or, as here, from a cottage-cheese batter. The cottage-cheese version is, to my mind, both tasty and wholesome. They're wonderful with sour cream, condensed milk, or jam.

Julia M.

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Cottage cheese

600

Eggs

Sugar

150

Flour

300

Baking soda

Vanilla

Vegetable oil (for deep-frying)

300

Powdered sugar

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 17 % 10 g

Fats 40 % 24 g

Carbohydrates 43 % 26 g

354 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

In a roomy bowl, combine the eggs with the sugar. Adjust the sweetness to your taste.
Step 2:

Whisk briefly so the sugar blends into the eggs.
Step 3:

Then add the cottage cheese, pressed through a sieve, to the egg mixture and stir it in as well.
Step 4:

Pour in the sifted flour, then add the baking soda and vanilla.
Step 5:

Mix everything until smooth. The batter should come out nice and thick.
Step 6:

Pour plenty of vegetable oil into a deep skillet and heat it up. Oil your hands, take a little batter, roll it into a ball, and lower it into the hot oil. The balls puff up a bit as they fry, so leave room between them.
Step 7:

Fry the balls until golden over medium heat, turning them as needed — though if they're floating freely in the hot oil, they'll often turn themselves.
Step 8:

Lift the finished balls out with a slotted spoon onto a paper-towel-lined plate to drain off the excess oil. Then move them to another plate, dust with powdered sugar, and dig in. Enjoy!

Homemade treats are always a hit, and the best ones are both tasty and wholesome. These cottage-cheese balls win over kids and grown-ups alike. Dough balls are usually deep-fried, but not everyone has a deep fryer at home. In that case, use a small saucepan with high sides — it's easy to fill with oil, and the balls float freely in it. Tasty, filling, and so appetizing — a wonderful weekend recipe! Kids especially love helping make them. Give these a try for your own family.