Paczki (Poonch-Key)
"This recipe is from a Polish Easter Tradition website."
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
4 dozen
ingredients
- 3 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1 1⁄2 ounces rum
- 1⁄2 cup lukewarm milk
- 1 cup melted butter
- 6 cups flour
- prune filling (jams without added sugar) or cherry jam (jams without added sugar)
- 1 cup milk, scalded & cooled
- oil (for deep frying)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- powdered sugar, for sprinkling
- 20 egg yolks
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
directions
- Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk for 5 minutes.
- Sift the flour into the scalded milk gradually. Add the yeast mixture, stirring until smooth. Let rise for 1/2 hour.
- Beat the salt into the egg yolks; add to flour mixture, mix well.
- Add the sugar and rum. Mix well. Knead until the dough no longer sticks to the sides. Gradually knead in the butter.
- Place in a greased bowl, turn to coat and let rise until doubled.
- Punch down and let rise again. Cut the dough in half, set one half aside and roll out the second half about 1/4 inch thick.
- Using a 2-inch biscuit cutter cut as many rounds as possible.
- Place a dab of jam or filling on one round, cover jam with another round and seal edges. Place the filled paczki on greased sheets, allowing room between each for rising. Repeat the process until all the dough is used.
- Let the paczki rise for about 1 hour or until doubled.
- Pour the oil into deep fryer or deep pan (about 5 inches). Heat the oil until it is about 360 to 370 degrees.
- Deep fry the paczki in oil for about 3 minutes per side or until golden brown on both sides.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
- The yield might be a little off.
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I made these this morning. WOW! I will make them agian. They are delicious. I filled them with vanilla pudding after they were fried. Simple to make, but time consuming. YUMMY!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Zuleika L.
Edinburgh
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I am a proud mother of three healthy boys aged 15,11 and 5. I'm originally from the tiny island of Bermuda and have been living in Edinburgh since July 2005.
I've been collecting recipes since I was about 14 or 15 and been cooking and baking since then as well.
I love all kinds of crafts also. In my spare time if I'm not in the kitchen; I crochet, make jewelry, bead, knit, sew, cross stitch, do plastic canvas and quilt. I have a short attention span, so I have plenty of different craft choices when I get bored of doing something. Oh, and I also like to read, listen to music, fiddle with any electronic gadget, collect dvd's and watch them, and I'm an internetaholic! :-) I keep a craft blog at http://hobbyzu.blogspot.com and I sell my crocheted items and patterns at http://hobbyzu.com. I keep pretty busy and being self employed gives me more time to explore cooking! :-)
I'm mostly interested in cook books featuring regular old home cooking and favorites. When I moved to the UK I had to get rid of my cookbook collection. I did keep all my Bermudian cookbooks, charity cookbooks and 'The Foods of Israel Today' and Better Homes and Gardens 'Hometown Favorites'.
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I am most passionate when it comes to my family and caring for them. Getting to feed them is an added bonus! Lucky for me, my boys are steadily growing pigs with bottomless pits for stomachs! lol :-)
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