Diples / Christmas Fried Dough with honey

Fried Christmas dough with honey and walnuts. Diples

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• Two vanilla capsules
• baking soda on the tip of the spoon
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3 ½ of all purpose flour
• vegetable oil for frying
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• For the syrup
• 500 grams of thyme honey
• 1 cup water
• ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon of ground cloves
• chopped walnuts
• honey for drizzling at the end

Directions

1. Separate the yolks from the egg whites first.
2. Add the salt to the egg whites and beat until they form peaks that stand (medium speed).
3. Add the vanilla to the yolks and beat for 5 'with a hand mixer, so that they whiten well and do not smell.
4. Add the yolks to the egg whites and add the soda.
5. Beat for 5 minutes to fluff the mixture well.
6. Add 2/3 of the flour to make a thick batter.
7. Grease your hands and add the rest of the flour (little by little).
8. Knead until the dough does not stick to the hands.
9. Cover and rest for at least 30 minutes.
10. Open a very thin sheet with a rolling pin, on a floured surface.
11. Cut into long narrow pieces, about 20 × 15 cm.
12. After cutting all the iples (leave them on a towel until they are all ready), heat the oil in a saucepan.
13. Add in the diples one by one.
14. Once they form blisters on the surface, after 30 seconds, with the help of 2 forks, roll them lengthwise, folding them.
15. Let them brown.
16. Place them on absorbent paper to drain.
17. -
18. For the syrup
19. Dilute the honey with 1 cup. water and pour over the doubles carefully, melting them all.
20. Sprinkle with walnuts and cinnamon, and honey at the end!