Recipe - Paczki (Polish Doughnuts)

1 cup Sweet cream
2 Yeast cakes
10 Egg yolk
1 teaspoon Salt
5 tablespoon Butter
4 cup Flour
2 ounce Rum
6 tablespoon 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.

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