Faworki (Chrust)
Source of Recipe
Internet
Recipe Introduction
Made for Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
List of Ingredients
2 cups of flour
2-3 egg yolks
2 TBS soft butter
2 TBS of confectioners sugar
1/3 cup of sour cream
1 TBS of 6% white vinegar or alcohol
2 TBS of rum
lard or oil for frying
Recipe
Mix butter, egg yolks, sugar and alcohol or vinegar together. While mixing, slowly add flour. Knead the dough. Keep beating and kneading the dough for 15 minutes. When ready, put it in a bowl, cover, and let stand in a cool place for an hour.
Roll dough on the board till it is very thin. Cut 2x7 inch strips, make a slit in the middle and pull one end through it.
In a deep frying pan heat the lard (oil). To test readiness of oil, put a small piece of dough in it, if it immediately comes to the surface the temperature is right. Put 4-5 strips at a time and deep fry on both sides. Take out and place on a paper towel. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
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