Ferdinand Doughnuts

Ingredients for dough:
4 egg yolks
250 g of flour
20 g fresh baker yeast
1 dl of milk, heated to lukewarm
pinch of salt
Lemon zest


In a medium bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm milk, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Add egg yolks, pinch of salt and lemon zest Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half.  Roll out the dough (not too thin).

Ingredients for spread:

150 g margarine or butter(the lard is used in old original recipe)
150-200 g sugar
cinnamon (optional)
raisins soaked in rum (optional)

Spread dough with  butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon/raisins mixture.

Then cut the dough into stripes, and roll every strips in a "snail" form. and put it in a tin sprinkled with flour. Place rolls in a lightly greased baking pan. Sprinkle with a little bit of sugar. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 25-35 minutes. Meanwhile prepare milk syrup.

Milk Syrup:

8 dcl of milk
2 vanilla sugar
7 tablespoons of sugar

In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine sugar and milk. Cook, stirring, until mixture comes to a boil. Boil for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Pour milk syrup over warm rolls. Then put it back into the warm oven, for about 5 minutes.

Still warm:

Enjoy :)


FERDINAND KRAFNE (Osinja gnijezda)

Sastojci za tijesto:
4 žumanjka
250 g brašna
1 paketić germe
1 dcl mlijeka
malo soli
limuna

U mlijeko staviti malo šećera i izmrviti germu. Nakon 5-10 minuta dizanja, zamijesit sa ostalim sastojcima. Razvaljati tijesto (neka bude malo deblje).

Sastojci za premaz:

150 g margarina (u originalu je masti)
150 - 200 g šećera
cimeta

Tijesto premazati s rastopljenim margarinom i pošećeriti ravnomjerno sa šećerom i cimetom (ako volite).



Zatim režemo tijesto na trake:



i motamo u "pužiće", te redamo u tepsiju. Neka tako odstoji oko sat vremena na toplo, da se digne:



Zatim stavimo peći. Pečeno prelijemo s preljevom od:

8 dcl mlijeka
2 vanilin šećera

kojeg malo ugrijemo. Vratimo u mlaku rernu na par minuta:



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