European Recipes:Polish Recipes:Paczki (polish Doughnuts)

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       Title: PACZKI (POLISH DOUGHNUTS)
Categories: Polish
       Yield: 1 servings

       1 c Sweet cream
       2    Yeast cakes
      10    Egg yolk
       1 ts Salt
       5 tb Butter
       4 c Flour
       2 oz Rum
       6 tb Sugar

   Recipe by: Mrs. Stalney Smialowski heat cream to luke
   warm. add salt and egg youlks and beat till thick.
   cream butter and sugar. put these into large bowl, add
   yeast disolved w/ 1 tablespoon sugar and nix
   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/ pitted prunes.
   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 verry dark color before
   turning to ensure that they are thoroughly baked.
   drain on soft absorbent paper. sprinkle w/ powdered
   sugar.