Portzelky (New Year's Cookies) |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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A nice deep-fried cookie that tastes delicious! This is why you only eat them once a year! Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve on New Year's! Ingredients:
1 teaspoon white sugar |
1/2 cup lukewarm water |
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast |
2 cups raisins |
3 eggs |
1 cup lukewarm milk |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
3 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed |
1 quart vegetable oil for frying |
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar for dusting, or as needed |
Directions:
1. Dissolve sugar in lukewarm water in a large bowl and sprinkle yeast over the top. Let yeast activate until it forms a creamy layer on top of the water, about 10 minutes.
2. Rinse raisins and pat dry with paper towels. Stir raisins into yeast mixture; beat eggs, lukewarm milk, and salt into yeast mixture. Beat flour into liquid ingredients until dough is smooth. If dough is too sticky, beat in 1/4 cup more flour. Cover dough and set aside in a warm place to rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
3. Heat vegetable oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) in a large saucepan or deep fat fryer.
4. Scoop up dough by tablespoon and drop, a few at a time, into the hot oil. Fry until lightly browned; drain on wire racks set over paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
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