Strufoli(Italian Honey Balls) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 eggs
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 1/2 c. flour
1 Tbsp. butter
oil (for frying)
honey (for rolling \"balls\" in)

Preparation

Mix the eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and butter.
Add flour, 1 cup at a time.
Use the 1/2 cup for mixing as needed to make dough workable.
Let dough stand,
covered, for 1/2 hour. Cut off a handful of dough and roll out into a log shape (about as thick as your finger and 18-inches long).
Cut into 1/2-inch pieces and fry in hot oil.
Drain on paper towels.