Paczki (Polish Donuts)
These homemade Paczki are soft, pillowy delectable morsels filled with jam, custard or lemon curd! Paczki are traditional Polish donuts, popular on Fat Tuesday aka Mardi Gras.
These Paczki are the absolute best. I simply love them. Paczki are Polish deep-fried donuts that are filled with some sweet filling such as jam, custard, lemon curd or chocolate. They are usually covered with powdered sugar, icing, glaze or dried orange zest. They are simply and utterly delicious.
Paczki are made of a very rich, sweet yeasty dough which consists of eggs, butter and milk. Regular donuts are not usually as rich. While donuts usually have a hole in the middle, Paczki don’t and instead are filled with jam or other goodies. That’s the great thing about Paczki. You can fill them with anything! I love filling mine with various jams such as seedless raspberry or strawberry. I’ve even filled them with Saskatoon berry jam, which is to die for. Other favorite fillings of mine include lemon and lime curds, custards, chocolate cream or Nutella.
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk lukewarm
- 2 tbsp butter unsalted, melted
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp instant yeast
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- vegetable oil for frying
- fruit preserves for filling, such as raspberry or strawberry jam, custard, lemon curd
- powdered sugar for coating