New Fat Tuesday Paczki - (Polish Donuts)
These indulgent Fat Tuesday Polish donuts are called Paczki (pronounced "poonch-key" or "punch-key"). You'll see these jelly or custard filled polish donuts for 1 to 3 days tops in March each year on Ash Wednesday. You can make your own now any time with our easy Paczki recipe.
Servings: 20 donuts
Calories: 296kcal
Ingredients
- ¼ cups sugar
- 1 package active dry yeast 1 envelope
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup milk
- ¼ cup butter or shortening for pareve paczki
- ¼ cup water
- 1 large egg room temperature
- Oil for deep-fat frying as needed, depending on the pot
- 1 cup seedless raspberry jam
- 1 cup powdered sugar for dusting on top
Instructions
- Using a large bowl, mix ¼ cup sugar, yeast, salt and 2 cups flour. Heat the milk, shortening, and water to 105℉ to 110℉ in a small saucepan. Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and beat on medium speed for 3-5 minutes.
- Add the egg; beat on high 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft, sticky dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.
- Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch the dough down. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface again and roll out to a ½ inch thickness.
- Cut the dough out with a floured 3 inch round biscuit or cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly doubled, about 1 hour.
- Heat the vegetable oil to 350° (use an electric skillet, deep fryer, or a Dutch oven pot).
- When hot, fry the doughnut rounds, a few at a time, until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes on each side. Transfer to a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet and allow to cool slightly.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a filling tip with the jam. Insert the filling tip into the side of a doughnut about halfway through and pipe in about a tablespoon of jam into the center and pipe in about a tablespoon of jam. Return to the wire rack and repeat until all the doughnuts are filled.
- Generously sprinkle the powdered sugar on top of the baking sheet of filled paczki doughnuts.
Notes
- A small size electric deep fryer actually uses less oil and maintains temperature safer and easier than heating the oil on the stove in a Dutch oven pot. See the Equipment section for some good ones I can recommend.
- Don't over crowd the paczki in the hot oil, it will cause a temperature drop and make soggy paczki.
Nutrition
Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 0.5mg | Sodium: 439mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 2mg
