We have a different doughnut in Eastern Europe than what people are familiar with in the US. I also think its much more delicious but you’ll have to try it to find out.
Ingredients:
- 6 cups flour
- 1/3 cups sugar
- ¼ cups melted butter
- 4 egg yolks
- 3 TBS dry yeast
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cups rum
- 1 TBS oil
- 1 TBS vanilla essence
- 1 1/2 cups warm milk
- ½ gallons oil for frying the doughnuts
- Confectioner’s sugar to dust the doughnuts
Preparation:
- Mix the yeast with 2-3 TBS flour and 1/2 cups warm milk and set aside to rise (1)
- Mix the egg yolks, salt, and sugar (2)
- Add (1) and (2) mixtures over 4 cups of flour and start kneading the dough, add the milk gradually. Add the vanilla. Keep kneading the dough until it doesn’t stick to your hands
- Add the melted butter, the oil, and rum and knead the dough until everything is incorporated
- Dust flour over the dough, cover it and let it rise for about 1 hour
- Once it doubled its size, knead the dough for few more minutes and then roll the dough in a ½” thick sheet
- Take a glass, deep the edge in flour and cut rounds
- Heat oil and fry the doughnuts until golden on each side
- Drain on paper towel and dust with confectioner’s sugar
ENJOY!