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Polish: Paczki

Source of Recipe

Message Board of Love-Marchioness DrinksLikeaFish


Recipe Introduction

"You all are missing out on the most DELIGHTFUL, fatening and tasty treat in the entire gosh dang world! Here in Michigan there is a very large polish population, specially in the Detroit Area. Every Fat Tuesday millions of paczki's are sold becaes in this little doughnut there is alcohol, sugar and 40! Yes 40! grams of fat! They are delicious! Usually filled with custard (my fave) or jelly! and they are fried! I should note that this was sparked by the mardi-gras post. I will copy this to the recipe board." Here's an recipe I got from a friend:

List of Ingredients

cup sweet cream
2 whole yeast cakes
10 whole egg yolk
1 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons butter
4 cups flour
2 ounces rum
6 tablespoons sugar



Recipe

Heat cream to luke warm. add salt and egg yolks and beat till thick. cream butter and sugar. put these into large bowl, add yeast disolved w/ 1 tablespoon sugar and mix thoroughly.

Add rum then flour and cream alternately and beat hard till dough blisters. set in warm place to rise. punch down and let rise again. place dough on floured surface and stretch and fill w/ custard or jelly.

Fold over and cut into desired size balls. place on floured surface and let rise. fry in deep hot oil turning once.

Paczki should be very dark color before turning to ensure that they are thoroughly baked.

Drain on soft absorbent paper.

Sprinkle w/ powdered sugar.