STRUFFOLI (Honey Balls)

3 Large eggs

1 tb Butter; softened

1 ts Sugar; plus

1/2 c Sugar

2 c All-purpose flour

1/2 ts Baking powder

1 c Honey

Vegetable oil; for deep-fryi

Colored sprinkles

Whisk together: eggs, butter, 1 tsp sugar until foamy. Add bakingpowder; add flour. Work the mixture into a soft dough with yourhands. Divide dough into 4 pieces. On a floured surface, roll eachpiece into a rope about the width of your index finger and 12 incheslong. Cut the ropes into 1" pieces. Toss the pieces with enoughflour to dust them lightly and shake off excess flour. Heat oil to375F in a deep fryer. Fry the struffoli a few handfuls at a timeuntil they puff up and are golden brown. Using a slotted spoon,transfer to a paper towel to drain. Combine the honey and the 1/2cups sugar in a large saucepan over low heat; stirring until thesugar has dissolved; keep warm over low heat. Add the fried balls, afew at a time, and turn them with a wooden spoon to coat on allsides. Transfer the balls to a large platter and mound them into apyramid, shaping with wet hands. Sprinkle with the colored sprinklesand let stand for 1 to 2 hours. Then just break off some pieces withyour hands to eat.