Grandma D's Paczki

By Tinkysmom55

Ingredients

• 1 cake yeast
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pint milk, scalded and cooled
• 1 egg
• 1/4 pound butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• grated rind of 1/2 orange
• 7 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Step 1

1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk. Add 2 cups flour. Let stand in warm place about 1/2 hour.

2. Beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, grated orange rind, and salt until light. Add this to the yeast sponge mixture. Melt butter and add to sponge. Add 5 cups flour. Cover and rise for 1 hour or until double. When light, turn out onto floured board and pat with hands until dough is 1/2" thick.

3. Cut with doughnut cutter, cover and let rise again until light. Drop in hot fat and fry.