Portzelki - New Year’s Cookies for the Holiday Bake Along
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| ILoveToBake.com PORTZELKI - New Year’s Cookies |
| Portzelki has been a Christmas/New Year’s tradition in my family as long as I can remember. My grandmothers made them, my mom’s made them, although not very often, or as regularly in recent years. It is still an annual tradition in my husband’s family, though, and they often plan a day to make them together with friends of theirs, or other family. It is an all day event to make Portzelki. A couple of years ago I had a chance to enjoy this with them. The morning was spent mixing the dough, and letting it rise, making several batches, some with raisins, and even some with dried cranberries. The men spent the time outside, getting the fat hot for frying. (If possible, the deep-frying is done outside, as it’s done in a huge pot, not an electric deep-fryer, although I’m sure that would work too, for smaller batches than what the Dyck family makes.) About mid-afternoon we were ready to sit down and for coffee and portzelki. My favorite way of eating them is dipping them in confectioner’s sugar (icing sugar), but other family favorites are dipping them in regular sugar, or syrup. They are also yummy plain. While I know portzelki store well for a few days, and I’m sure they freeze well, they always seem to disappear before that becomes an issue. |
| Ingredients |
| 1 1/2 pkg yeast 1 1/2 cups water 1 tsp salt 3 cups raisins 11/2 cups thick cream 1 tbsp margarine or butter 8-9 cups flour 1/2 cup water 3 cups scalded milk (cool) 4 beaten eggs 2 tsp sugar ½ cup sugar 2 tbsp baking powder |
| Step by Step |
| 1) Mix yeast and 1 ½ cups water together. 2) Let rise for 10 minutes. 3) Scald milk. and cool. 4) Beat eggs. 5) Cream together margarine and sugar. 6) Add eggs. 7) Add remaining ingredients and mix.  Allow to rise until double in bulk.9) Drop by spoonful into hot fat or oil. |
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