(6) [Homemade] Jam Donuts/Krafne/Paczki

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1 kilogram of all-purpose flour

240 grams of sugar

1 tablespoon of good quality vanilla extract

1 ½ tablespoons of rum

½ tablespoon of limoncello

30 grams of active dry yeast

140ml of oil

10 egg yolks

450 ml of milk

1 teaspoon of salt

Grab a large bowl and put the flour in then create a hole in the middle. Warm the milk until it's lukewarm. In a separate bowl, add the yeast, a tablespoon of the sugar and half the milk. Mix it and pour into the hole in the flour. Let it activate while you do the rest. Using a mixer, beat the egg yolks, remaining sugar and vanilla extract until light and doubled in volume, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add oil, remaining milk, limoncello and rum to the egg yolk mixture and mix again. Pour this mixture directly into the flour and yeast.

Mix the dough for about 5 to 7 minutes with a mixer (hook attachment), or for about 15 minutes by hand until it's combined and slightly sticky. Place the dough on a floured surface and divide it in half.

Shape the dough into balls, about 60 to 70g each. If you don't own a scale, divide it in half and portion out 12 to 15 balls from every half. Place the balls on a floured surface with enough space between them, cover and let rest for 45 minutes.

Put roughly 3 to 4 centimeters (2 inches) of oil in a wide, shallow pot and let it warm up. It's important to let it heat up slowly over medium low heat! Once the doughnuts have rested and risen, they're ready to be fried. The top side of each donut goes into the hot oil first, meaning you gently flip them as you put them in. Fry them covered for about 60 to 90 seconds, uncover, flip and fry the other side UNCOVERED. This gives them the signature ring around the middle. Don't cook more than 2 to 3 donuts at a time so the temperature doesn't drop, and cook them until they are golden brown. It might take you a few tries to nail the cook time, but for me personally it never takes longer than 2 minutes per side, they cook quicker than you'd think.

Drain the doughnuts on paper towels and immediately dust with powdered sugar so it sticks, and fill them once they've cooled a bit.

Jam recipe coming tomorrow as my mom doesn't like to be rushed :-)

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