Koblihy – Czech Carnival Donuts

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These jam or custard filled donuts are perfect for fattening you up before the Lenten Fast. The name changes from location to location, koblihy, sisky, listy or smazene vdolecky; are all a form of filled donuts, fried in oil and sprinkled with powder sugar.

Koblihy – Czech Carnival donuts

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups (500 g) flour

  • 10 tablespoons (80 g) powdered sugar

  • 2.5 oz. (70 g) butter, room temperature

  • 2-3 tablespoons white wine

  • 3 egg yolks

  • 1 cup (250 ml) milk

  • 2.5 oz (70 g) yeast

  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla sugar packet

  • jam, cream cheese or pudding

  • oil or lard for frying

Directions:

Crumble the yeast into a small bowl, add a little flour, sugar, warm milk and leave in a warm place to leaven. Whip the egg yolks with the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and white wine. Add the flour, yeast, milk and the leavened yeast mixture. Mix well with a wooden spoon until well incorporated. Cover with a cloth and leave in a warm place to rise. After it has doubled in size, stir it with the wooden spoon stretching and pulling the dough. Cover with a cloth and leave it to rise another time.

When the dough has leavened again, roll it out on a floured surface to about ¼ inch (1 cm) high and cut out circles with an upturned glass. Place a dollop of jam on half the circles then cover other half. Pressed the two halves tightly together and leave to rest on a floured surface, covered with cloth to rise. In a pan heated oil, fry on both sides until golden brown. After removing from the oil drain on a paper napkin.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar while still warm.

Koblihy can also be rolled out cut in circles and fried before the filling is added. After frying insert a pastry tube into the side and fill the center with your favorite jam or pudding.

Prep time: 1 hour

Cook time: 10 minutes

Yield: 40

Calories per serving: 250

Carbs: 19

Fat per serving:11g.

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