Angel Wings – Faworki

Angel Wings - Polish cookies, also known as Faworki or Chrust. These light fried pastry cookies will be a favorite of your family.

RECIPE (60 cookies)

Ingredients:

• 2 egg yolks
• 100 g yogurt
• 200 g flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 shot, 50 ml of brandy, vodka or whiskey
• oil for frying confectioner’s sugar for dusting

Directions:

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg yolks and salt until fluffy. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar and alcohol of choice.
2. Add flour and mix. The dough should be thick.
3. On a floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out very thin.
4. Cut the rolled out dough into strips about 1 cm wide. Then cut the other way on a diagonal to make pieces of dough that are about 10 cm. Take your knife and cut a small slit (2-3 cm) in the center of each piece.
5. To form the cookie, take one end and place it through the slit.
6. Pull the end of the dough through the slit to form a bow shaped cookie .
7. In a deep skillet heat oil until very hot.
8. Fry the cookies in small batches for about 30 seconds then use tongs to gently turn the cookies over. The cookies should just be barely golden brown.
9. Drain on paper towels.
10. Dust liberally with confectioner’s sugar.
11. Store cool cookies in an airtight container for a few days.

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