Scarpelli(With Yeast)
Scarpelli with yeast are crispy, golden fried pastries with a soft, chewy interior, coated in sugary sweetness. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or special treats.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Boil potatoes whole in salted water until tender.
- Remove skin and mash well.
- Dissolve yeast in 3 tablespoons warm water.
- Heat milk until hot (not boiling).
- Beat eggs until lemon colored.
- Add shortening, salt, and half of the flour; beat well.
- Add yeast, sugar, milk, and the remaining flour; mix well.
- Dough should be firm and spongy.
- Cover and raise in a warm area for 1 hour.
- Fill a frying pan with about an inch of oil.
- Take a tablespoon of dough and stretch with fingers.
- Drop the stretched dough into hot oil and fry until deep gold.
- Drain on paper towels and roll in a mixture of half powdered sugar and half granulated sugar.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
709
kcal
35% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).