Punczki (Raised Doughnuts) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cake yeast
1 pt. milk, scalded
4 egg yolks + 1 whole egg
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
about 7 c. flour

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk.
Add 2 cups flour.
Mix and let stand in warm place 1/2 hour.
Then beat eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt until light.
Add this to the yeast sponge.
Melt butter. Add to sponge.
Add 5 cups flour.
Mix well until hands are clean. Cover and allow dough to raise 1 hour.
Turn on floured board and pat with hands until dough is 1/2-inch high.
Cut with doughnut cutter, cover and let rise again.
Then fry in hot oil.
Use your favorite icing.