Here's our traditional Dutch New Years' treat, a good way to start off a new project. (Copied directly from Grandma Giles' version -- spelling quirks included!)
4 cups of flour
2 cups of luke warm milk
2 yeast cakes [= 2Tb or 2oz]
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of raizins
1 cup of currants
2 sliced apples
1 1/2 tsp. of salt
Disolve yeast in 1/4 cup of warm water (not hot) Sift flour, mix in sugar, raizins, currants and sliced apples. Mix disolved yeast with milk and mix well with flour mixture, untill you have a thin bread dough. Cover bowl with greased pie tin. Let rise in warm place to double its size, about an hour.
Heat oil in deep-fry pan or electric frying pan, as for doughnuts. Form small balls from dough, with 2 spoons and deep fry till done, about 3 min. Balls will turn themselves, when done on one side.
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10 years ago
You can also make the batter the night before, and let it rise in the fridge overnight.
ReplyDeleteOil should be heated to at least 350, hot enough that it bubbles when you first drop the dough in. If it's not hot enough, the dough will just soak up the oil and be soggy. Ugh.
Don't believe the part about turning themselves over--they don't, and you'll end up with burned olliebollies.
And certainly don't forget to sprinkle them with powdered sugar!
Great idea Mom! This is fun! Dan had a patient the other day saying our new years tradition is making these kind of donunut like things etc... Dan stopped her and said ollie bollies?
ReplyDeleteShe said how did you know that? Turned out she is Dutch and said they are really called Ollie- Bollen and was delighted that Dan knew them too!
Isn't Ollie-bollen just the plural form?
ReplyDeleteSo, the question I tried to post earlier was what exactly are currants, and do you get them dried like raisins? I don't ever remember them in the "ollie-bollen".... can you still get them anywhere?
Yes, Olliebolen is the plural of something else. I haven't ever put the currents in; I like them best with golden raisins and apples.
ReplyDeleteBut if you want the real deal, currents are like raisins, and you buy them the same way, dried and in a box...should be right next to the raisins at the market.