Step 1

Put the flour along with the yeast, sugar, and salt in a bowl and mix well.

Step 2

Add the egg and water and mix it with a hand mixer with dough hooks to a smooth batter. You can also do this with a (wooden) spoon if you don't have a mixer.

Step 3

Add the last bit of water a little later to prevent the batter from getting too wet.

Step 4

Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let the batter rise in a warm place for about 45-60 minutes. The batter is ready to bake when it has roughly doubled in volume.

Step 5

Preheat your deep fryer and heat it to 180 °C.

Step 6

Dip your spoons or ice cream scoop into the hot oil for a moment and scoop some batter from the bowl.

Step 7

Carefully slide the oliebollen batter into the hot oil and fry the oliebollen for about 4 minutes on one side until golden brown. They should turn over on their own after 2-3 minutes.

Step 8

Scoop them out with a slotted spoon and let the oil balls drain on some paper towels to drain off the excess oil.

Step 9

Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all the batter is used up.