These polish doughnuts are easy and so delicious. I first heard of paczki last year around the beginning of lent and noticed them at the grocery store around the same time. These homemade polish doughnuts were made from the recipe that my mother used for probably close to 50 years of church bake sales when i was still at home as a girl and a teenager i used to help out with the easter bake sale where mom and the other ladies from the parish would bake tens of dozens of these beauties. Sweet yeast doughnuts paczki are made with butter and egg yolk for a rich and tender pastry. Roll in sugar after frying so every bite is as sweet as can be.
In a small saucepan combine 1 4 cup sugar 4 teaspoons cornstarch. Slowly stir in 1 cup low fat or whole milk 1 egg yolk. The latter derives from proto slavic pǫkъ which may have referred to anything that is round bulging and about to burst compare proto slavic pǫkti to swell burst possibly of ultimately onomatopoeic origin. This traditional recipe for polish pączki pohnch kee or doughnuts is a splurge food before pre easter fasting begins. Pączki ˈpɔntʂkʲi is a diminutive of the polish word pąk bud.
Fill with your favorite fruit preserve and roll in sugar then serve on paczki day i e. Fill with your favorite fruit preserve and roll in sugar then serve on paczki day i e. In a small saucepan combine 1 4 cup sugar 4 teaspoons cornstarch. These polish doughnuts are easy and so delicious.