Cookbook:Polish Doughnuts (Paczki)

Ingredients

 * 2 tbsp sugar
 * 2 tbsp butter
 * ½ cup warm milk
 * ¼ tsp vanilla essence
 * 1 pinch of salt
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 tsp dry yeast
 * 2 cups all-purpose flour
 * Jelly or jam
 * Powdered sugar

Procedure

 * 1) Whisk together the sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, salt, and eggs. Whisk in the yeast.
 * 2) While stirring constantly, add the flour ½ cup at a time until the mixture is a firm dough.
 * 3) Knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Put it back in the bowl, cover, and let it rise until it's twice its original size—this should take about 1½ hours.
 * 4) Pat the dough on a lightly floured board, and roll the dough until it's about ½ inch thick. Cut out little rounds. You can roll the excess dough again to make more pączki.
 * 5) Let the dough rounds rise for about 30 minutes or until they've doubled in size.
 * 6) Heat enough oil to about 350°F, then deep fry the pączki until they're golden-brown. Let cool.
 * 7) While the pączki cool, spoon some fruit jelly or jam in a pastry bag with a long point. Poke the pastry bag in the sides of the pączki, and fill them.
 * 8) Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top and enjoy!