Polish Angel Wings-Chrusciki
"This is a classic Polish cookie that my mom and Bushia used to make at Christmas time. I've found that this is a really hard dough to work with, but it is from the original Polish recipe translated into English. These are not really sweet cookies, but they get most of their sweetness from the powdered sugar on the outside."
photo by Michelle H.
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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50 cookies
ingredients
- 5 tablespoons cream
- 5 egg yolks
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour, plus
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- powdered sugar
directions
- Beat eggs until thick.
- Add salt slowly while stirring.
- Add sugar and vanilla, beat well.
- Add cream and flour, alternating until blended. You may need more than the flour listed above depending on how humid it is that day.
- Turn onto a floured board.
- Cover with a cloth for 10 minutes.
- Knead until dough blisters.
- Roll very thin.
- Cut into 1 inch by 4 inch rectangles.
- Cut a gash in the middle of the rectangle and pull one end through so it looks like a twist.
- Fry in 375 degree oil until golden brown.
- Drain on a rack for 3 minutes then roll into powdered sugar.
Questions & Replies
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Is the cream butter?
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How do you know when the dough has enough flour added to it? What if it has to much,also can you let it rest for to long before kneading the cookie dough.If you do not have a wood board can you lay down some wax paper and get the dough too roll out thinley,?(, help need answers so badly have too be at cookiecexchangr in 1 ,hour)
Reviews
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My Ukrainian grandmother passed when I was in my late teens. These were a holiday tradition in her home and I was too busy being a kid to ever pay attention to her when she was cooking. For years I have tried to find a recipe like hers. Many of these cookies use sour cream or whiskey, and were close, but not right. This one hits the mark. I made these last year for Christmas and they've become a tradition in my home now. I did sub vanilla with brandy, but otherwise they are perfect. Thank you for giving me back a little piece of my childhood. -
My grandmother made these an after she passed away I've haven't had them cause of my sisters wouldn't give me the recipe thank you for this -
My grandma made these too! She called them "inside out pants". She always had a tin of these when we visited, I can't wait to try this recipe.
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This calls for cream, is it heavy cream, or milk?
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08/10 made these for friends! they turned out amazing! but dough was crumbly and hard to work with.
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Tweaks
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Hi Bippie, this is very close to our family recipe. The secret, of course, is to roll the dough very very thin. The OTHER secret is to use whiskey instead of vanilla! It is a lot of work, so for us it was a Christmas thing. Thanks for posting. . . . . Janet
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i have been searching for ages! this is as close to my grandmother"s recipe as i have found. will be making these today for our church Christmas party tomorrow. thank you.
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I come from a very Polish family with 5 brothers and a sister. I love to cook just about anything Polish and I'm pretty good at cleaning out the refridgerator and making something worth eating. Just got married on 07/07/07, so I would love to get some Just for 2 dinner menus. Finally enjoying the wonderful California weather. I haven't started baking, but I'm really excited to get back into the contests here.
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