Paczki

Description
Polish doughnuts

Ingredients

 * 1 cup sweet cream
 * 2 yeast cakes
 * 10 egg yolks
 * 1 tsp salt
 * 5 tbsp butter
 * 4 cups unbleached flour (all-purpose)
 * 2 oz rum
 * 6 tbsp sugar

Directions

 * 1) Heat cream to luke warm.
 * 2) Add salt and egg yolks and beat till thick.
 * 3) cream butter and sugar.
 * 4) Put these into large bowl, add yeast dissolved with 1 tablespoon sugar and mix thoroughly.
 * 5) Add rum then flour and cream alternately and beat hard till dough blisters.
 * 6) Set in warm place to rise.
 * 7) Punch down and let rise again.
 * 8) Place dough on floured surface and stretch and fill with pitted prunes.
 * 9) Fold over and cut into desired size balls.
 * 10) Place on floured surface and let rise.
 * 11) Fry in deep hot oil turning once.
 * 12) Paczki should be very dark in color before turning to ensure that they are thoroughly baked.
 * 13) Drain on soft absorbent paper.
 * 14) Sprinkle with powdered sugar.