Recipe: Zeppoli with Anchovies (repost)

ZEPPOLI WITH ANCHOVIES
(appetize )
This is a repost from Diana 10-31-1997
makes several dozen

7 cups flour, approx
1 tbs dry yeast
1/8 tsp salt
3 cups warm water
3 small cans anchoivies, each anchoivie cut into 3 parts
fat to fry

Dissolve yeast in all the warm water in a large bowl.Let stand 5 to 10 minutes

Add flour and salt gradually, adding enough flourfor a slightly sticky but manageable dough. cover and let rise till double. about 1 hour.

Punch down and pinch off pieces of the dough, with oiled fingers, about a 1 inch ball each piece.

Insert a piece of anchoivy in the dough and seal.

Drop into hot fat and fry golden on all sides. Serve warm.