Fat Tuesday Paczki - (Polish Donuts)
These indulgent Fat Tuesday Polish donuts are called Paczki (pronounced "poonch-key" or "punch-key"). You'll see these jelly or custard filled polish donuts for 1 to 3 days tops in March each year. You can make your own now any time with our easy Paczki recipe.
Servings: 20 donuts
Calories: 296kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cans Canned Biscuits The Grands size is best.
- ⅔ cup Jelly any flavor
- Powdered Sugar For dusting
- 4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Place a cooling rack over a rimmed baking sheet and set to the side.
- Pour your frying oil in a dutch oven pot over medium heat. Use a thermometer to ensure the oil reaches 350 F.4 cup vegetable oil
- Stretch each biscuit to make it wider, into about a 4 inch circle. Once oil reaches 350 F, fry each biscuit donut for 1 minute on each side.2 cans Canned Biscuits
- Fry individually for 1 minute on each side, until golden brown. Set on cooling rack to allow excess oil to drip off.
- Fill a piping bag with jelly, jam, or custard of your choice. You can also use a cream puff tip. Push the piping tip into the side of each biscuit donut, piping in about 2 tablespoons of filling.⅔ cup Jelly
- Placed filled Paczki back on the cooling rack. The rack will catch the excess powdered sugar. Sift the powdered sugar over each Polish donut top, flip and repeat for other side. Serve!Powdered Sugar
Notes
- A small size electric deep fryer actually uses less oil and maintains temperature safer and easier than heating the oil on the stove in a Dutch oven pot. See the Equipment section for some good ones I can recommend.
- Don't over crowd the paczki in the hot oil, it will cause a temperature drop and make soggy paczki.
Nutrition
Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 0.5mg | Sodium: 439mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 2mg