Simple Fried Pizza Dough Balls with Chai Sugar
This donut hole recipe is super easy to make with a little frying oil, white sugar and chai spices. It's also easy to customize to make other flavors of donut holes. Great for busy moms wanting to make a sweet snack in under half an hour for the kids and family. Serve as part of a tasty brunch or as an after dinner treat.
Equipment
- Deep Frying Pan
- Lifter Perforated To Allow Oil To Drain
- Bamboo Tool Optional To Test Oil For Hot
- Two Plates
Ingredients
- 1 Lrg Ball Pizza Dough Fresh or Frozen Thawed
- 1 Cup White Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Chai Spice Blend
- 4 Cups Vegetable Oil Enough To Make One-One and a Half Inches in Frying Pan
- All Purpose Flour To Keep Hands From Sticking
Instructions
- Open the 1 Lrg Ball Pizza Dough and roll balls about the size of a marble. Dust fingers with All Purpose Flour to keep from sticking to hands.
- Place dough balls on a plate or tray leaving space between them as they will expand.
- In a deep frying pan add enough oil to make one inch to an inch and half deep. Heat on medium high heat until hot.
- Test the oil for hot with a bamboo tool like chopsticks. If hot the oil will bubble around the tool.
- One another plate measure the 1 Cup White Sugar and 3 Tbsp Chai Spice Blend and blend together well.
- Drop one of the doughballs into the 4 Cups Vegetable Oil being careful so as to not splash oil.
- Using a pair of tongs or another tool roll the dough ball around as it cooks. If oil is too high the dough ball with quickly cook outside but be doughy inside. Remove the test ball from the oil and cut open to see.
- If it's doughy lower the heat on the oil. Turn the element to medium and add more cool oil to the pan. Test for hot again.
- Start batching the dough balls five to six at a time in the oil. Roll around as they cook and puff.
- Remove each when golden brown and drop while hot onto the spiced sugar plate. They take approximately 1-2 minutes to cook completely in the oil.
- Using a tool as they are hot roll around immediately in the sugar blend.
- Remove to another plate or bowl and continue to work through all the dough balls until finished.
Notes
Note: Nutritional values are slightly off because the oil couldn't be adjusted for each donut vs the entire batch of frying oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 23kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 0.03gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.03gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.004gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 0.3mgPotassium: 3mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.1mg
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