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Paczki: Plum Jelly and Candied Orange Donuts

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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 10 minutes
resting Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings 24

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup warm water (90-100 degrees)
  • 2 packets instant yeast
  • 8 cups flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cup whole milk (room temperature)
  • 4 tablespoon salted butter (melted and at room temp)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • zest of 2 oranges
  • 3 eggs
  • canola oil
  • powdered sugar

Plum Jelly

  • 10 plums (pitted and sliced)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • zest and juice of 1 orange
  • ½ cup candied orange peel

Instructions
 

plum jelly

  • in a food processor place your plums and pulse until pureed.
  • in a medium sauce pan place your plums, sugar and orange juice.
  • simmer on medium low heat for at least an hour or until your mixture thickens. make sure to keep stirring so you do not burn the bottom.
  • in you food processor finely chop your candied orange peel. make sure they are finely chopped or they will clog your pipping bag.
  • in your jam add your orange peel and orange zest. mix and place in the fridge to set.

donuts

  • in the bowl of your stand mixer, add your water and yeast and mix. Then let it sit about 5 minutes until it gets foamy and bubbly and smells like strong yeast.
  • Then add your milk, butter, vanilla, eggs, orange zest, and sugar. mix until combined.
  • Add your flour and salt, then using your dough attachment mix your dough on low speed first then medium speed until your dough is combined and pulling away from the bowl.
  • transfer dough to a very large bowl and cover completely with plastic wrap. Let it sit for 2 hours or until your dough doubles in size.
  • place your dough onto a floured surface, and roll out your dough until it is about ¼ inch thick. Then using a 3 inch biscuit cutter, cut out your doughnuts. you should get about 24 donuts. discard scraps.
  • Place your donuts on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Wrap with plastic wrap and let it sit again for 30 minutes to rise again.
  • In a wide pot, fill it up about half way with canola oil. heat up your oil to about 360 degrees. using a metal slotted spoon place your donuts in the oil (as many as can fit without overlapping them). cook each side for about 30 seconds each.
  • place each donut on a cooling rack.
  • Let them completely cool and the fill your donuts with jelly. To do so use a knife to create two small slits on each side of each donut. then using a piping bag filled with jelly, insert your jelly and fill.
  • sprinkle some powdered sugar over all of them and enjoy!

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