Krafne (croatian Doughnuts)

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g flour (, for bread)
• 7 g dry yeast (package for 500g flour)
• 6 egg yolks
• 50 g sugar ()
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 60 g butter
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 1 liter oil
• 200 g apricot jam
• 200 g sugar (, grounded)

Recipe

• 1 take a large pot (glass pot for salad or similar) and put in it flour, sugar, slightly melted butter, salt, rum and slightly warm milk (25-30°c) and mix well using mixer or dough-machine.
• 2 the dough must be smooth and “shinyâ€?. cover the dough with warm kitchen towel and leave it grow for 40-50 minutes (it must double in size).
• 3 knead the dough again and cut into two parts. one part cover with kitchen towel again and thin the second part into 2 cm thick dough. use mould for “krafneâ€? or normal glass 6 cm. in diameter. cut round pieces. do this until there is no more dough (re-knead and do it again).
• 4 now, knead the second part of the dough and do the same thing (with glass). let it grow for more 20 minutes.
• 5 take a large pot, pour 1 liter of oil and heat to 80-100°c fry several krafne in oil; first covered (not more than 1 minute or until brownish) on one side, and than uncovered1 minute on the other side (them must not touch each other). they must have ring (we call it in zagreb: “ramftlâ€?).
• 6 when they are done, take them out of oil with hollow spoon and put onto paper towel to drain surplus of oil. using cooking syringe put jam into each “krafnâ€?. spread grounded sugar over and serve. they are very good when they are warm, but not too warm.