Portzelky (New Year's Cookies)
- Ready In:
- 3hrs
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 cup lukewarm water
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄2 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups raisins (or as many as you would like)
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 egg whites, beaten
- 3 cups flour
- oil (for deep frying)
directions
- Dissolve sugar in lukewarm water in a small bowl. Sprinkle with yeast and let stand.
- Combine milk, water, salt, sugar, baking powder, and raisins in a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Beat in egg yolks and yeast.
- Stir in flour to make a heavy (rather stiff) batter.
- Fold in egg whites.
- Cover and set in a warm place until well risen (at least double in bulk). This should take about 2 hours. The end result is a fairly sticky dough.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot oil (375F) and fry until golden brown.
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Reviews
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I just wanted to say that that it is highly likely there is a typo in this recipe. It calls for 1/2 tbsp of salt, when it should be a 1/2 tsp. 1/2 tablespoon would make it taste slightly salty, and also would inhibit the yeast fermentation/growth. I tried it with the 1/2 tbsp and should have gone with my gut instinct. The results were as I expected. So be sure to do a 1/2 tsp salt instead.
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I am from a Mennonite family and this is the recipe that my Mom made and my Grandmother made and my Greatgrandmother made and my GreatGreatGrandmother made back in Germany. In our family if you don't make New Years cookies it is not the new year. Thanks for sharing the recipe. We generally serve it with ham and pickles. But we NEVER put powdered sugar on them.
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Deepfreeze-27
Canada