Pączki – Polish doughnuts - Moje wypieki

Ingredients

• 1 kg strong white bread flour
• 50 g fresh yeast or 21 g dried yeast
• 100-150 g sugar
• 500 ml milk
• 6 egg yolks
• 1 egg
• 100 g butter or 5 Tbsp oil
• seeds of ½ vanilla pod (or a small packet of vanillin sugar)
• 40 ml dark rum or vodka
• freshly squeezed juice and zest of ½ small lemon
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 litre oil for deep-frying (rapeseed oil, coconut oil, or traditionally lard)
• am for filling (traditionally rose petal jam)
• icing sugar for the glaze
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 – 3 Tbsp lemon juice or hot water