I’m a European mixed breed of everything but Polish. I’m not Catholic. I live nearly opposite side of the state from Hamtramck. But I’ve still got Paczki on the brain. The towering boxes stacked in the grocery store over the past few weeks haven’t helped either.
Traditionally, Paczki are meant to use up all the eggs, sugar, butter & lard in the pantry before Lent. Since nearly none of those stipulations apply here, creating an egg-free and dairy-free Paczki was a fun & leisurely affair without the pressure of Ash Wednesday breathing down my neck. Filling with jam or pudding is up to you. Consider yourself warned on this one, these are really, really good. You might end out having a Fat Sunday, Fat Monday, Fat Tuesday…
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Paczki
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup coconut milk (we’re talking the canned coconut milk, not the refrigerated coconut beverage here, this is about 1 can’s worth)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 heaping teaspoons yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- A few shakes of nutmeg & cardamom (optional)
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients, except for the flour together in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Add enough flour to make a sticky dough. Add a bit more if it’s a gloppy mess. Don’t add too much flour or these guys will be tough.
- Knead only enough to bring the dough together, you don’t want gluten formation here.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let raise until doubled, about 2 hours.
- Gently dump the dough on to a generously floured surface. Roll out to 1/2 inch thick and cut into rounds.
- Place the donuts on a floured and parchment-lined cookie sheet. Cover the the plastic wrap again and let raise for another hour or so.
- Heat some vegetable oil up in your deep fryer or in a dutch oven to 350 degrees. I use soybean oil. Canola smells fishy, Crisco shortening is waxy. Never, ever, use lard. Ignore what Fanny Farmer and King Arthur Flour say about this matter. Frying in lard will make your house reek of dead cow. Don’t do it.
- Fry for 2-3 minutes per side and allow to cool and drain on paper towel before filling.
- Fill with jam or custard using a pastry bag and piping tip, roll around in powdered or granulated sugar. Enjoy!
Vanilla Custard Filling (embarassingly easy)
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup dairy-free milk (soy, rice coconut)
- 1 small package instant Jello vanilla pudding mix
Instructions
- Mix it. Chill it. Fill them. Eat them.
Oooh, good call on the coconut milk! We are currently trying to locate Babcia Taraskiewicz's (my maternal grandmother) Paczki recipe. We might be just a teeny tiny bit Polish. But since the family recipe is MIA, I'm going to try these!
And the photo is FABULOUS!
The picture is making my mouth water. My family loves paczki. I have a recipe that my neighbor gave me I will be happy to share it. Mrs Kranik was from Krakow and her paczki were delicious. My dad also made them but never wrote down the recipe, like his bread his had a basic recipe which I watched enough times that I can make it.
I am looking for a good recipe. please send it to me…
Thanks Camille! I had one colossal fail with the yeast raised dough…well not a complete fail because it's hard to go wrong with fried dough and sugar…but it wasn't the light and tender donut I wanted. I almost gave up and then decided to give it another go with the coconut milk, decreased the flour and cut way back on the kneading…and it was perfect! I'll have a bit more time to learn about photography this month with a FB fast for Lent!
Love this…can't wait to try it. I wonder if this would make a funnel cake?
Did you hear that there is a Babycakes in Downtown Disney???
I just found out when I asked for updated allergy forms for our upcoming trip.
I have no idea how I didn't know. I've been so out of the loop.
I didn't know that about Babycakes, we skipped Disney this year, but plan to go next and that would be awesome. I'm sure their stuff is great in real life…I don't recommend the cookbook though. Really expensive recipes with all the coconut oil and specialty flours and nothing worked out for me. I had gobs of failed dough to chop up in to ice cream recipes though! I'm curious about the funnel cake thing too. It would have to be much runnier, maybe see what happens with 2 or 2 1/4 cups of flour!
Thank you for this recipe! Coconut milk sub is pure genius. They turned out light and fluffy – absolutely delicious. Now my FA daughter can be as fat as the rest of us this Tuesday!
Those look wonderful. You should really consider writing an allergy friendly cookbook of your own.
You've done it again! I struggled with a fried donut recipe for Hanukkah, but couldn't make it work. Thanks!
These look so yummy! I have a question though….my daughter is allergic to coconut as well as to egg but she is ok with dairy, so can I substitute the coconut milk with regular whole cow's milk? If yes, would the quantity remain the same? Thanks!
Hmm, can't see why not. Coconut milk from a can is really thick, so you might end out having to add more flour while kneading. But go for it!
You may want to use carnation evaporated canned milk.
Or go for half and half or cream
Your pudding filling set up? I have never had success with adding soymilk to the pudding mix. It even says on the box that it isnt recommended because it won’t set up. What am I doing wrong!? Maybe the box calls for more cow milk and I did a direct sub? No clue, I gave up years ago on all instant pudding. If this works, I will be in your debt forever!
Hi Laura, yes it works great! I think the regular directions say to add 2 cups of milk to the small instant pudding package. I use 3/4 cup dairy-free milk, so this filling is very thick like a custard. If I were making pudding to eat, I’d probably add more dairy-free milk until I got the right consistency.
Ok, so I am always up for an experiment. Trying it now and it looks like it is going to set up. Hurray!!!! Thanks for the awesome post! I used almond milk. 🙂
It’s not supposed to be light and fluffy. Pazcki are supposed to be heavy and absolutely filling.
This recipe was great! I gave it a try on my website for Fat Tuesday this year. Here’s how it went >> http://www.dairyfreestate.com/fat-tuesday-vegan-paczkis/
I made sure to link back to you for the recipe and took lots of pictures and used chai spice mix for the sprinkles of spice. Really delicious and my coworkers loved it!
These were great! Wondering if these could be baked instead of fried?
Can I put the dough in the refrigerator after 2 hours if I don’t have the time to raise again and fry tonight? Or should it stay out overnight? Thanks!
There are two options for AM doughnuts.
1.) Mix the dough up & put the bowl straight in the fridge for the “first raise” overnight, proceeding in the morning with the rolling, cutting & “second raise” & then frying or
2.) Go all the way through the rolling & cutting at night, placing the pan of fully shaped donuts in the fridge (loosely covered with plastic wrap, sprayed with cooking spray) for the “second raise” overnight, then in the AM let the donuts come to room temp, then fry.
I wouldn’t leave any of the dough out on the counter overnight, it will raise like crazy & not do well!
Hi,
Great looking recipe! Not sure if you were planning this recipe to be vegan, but if so, doesn’t Jello brand pudding have gelatin (animal bone by product)? I know there are vegan friendly pudding options out there, and was just curious as to how “for all” your recipe was.
They look great though! I’m sure they’re delcious too!
Hi Rebekka, you’re correct, this is not a recipe for those choosing the vegan diet. This recipe and all those on Speedbump Kitchen, are for children with a life threatening allergy to dairy, egg and nuts.
Rebekka, You may want to look at the ingredients again on the vanilla pudding though. The reason I found out Jello brand vanilla pudding was dairy free was on the PETA Accidentally Vegan website. Jello is not vegan, but the pudding should be.
I need to try and make numerous people happy…But I’m new to allergen free cooking. Would I have to change any measurements if I use gluten free flour or will it be the same?
Also, I need to use a sugar substitute. I just don’t want these to turn out wrong for diabetics, vegans and gluten intolerant people. Thanks in advance! 🙂
Do you have directions if you want to bake the paczki? I stay away from fried foods. If not, have you tried using avocado or oil oil?
Better to go authentic. http://www.poloniamusic.com/PaczkiDay.html
I. CAN. NOT. WAIT. TO. MAKE. THESE!!!!!!!!!!! Forget the diet! i need this in my life. I have never had Paczki and since going dairy free for my kids 4.5 years ago i feared i would never get the chance again. Thank you!
Can’t wait to try this recipe!! My husband has egg and milk allergies, so this looks perfect! Two questions:
About how many paczki does the recipe make?
Can you bake them instead of frying?
I made these with my family last night, they were a huge hit! It was a super simple recipe, we used homemade blueberry pie filling and homemade custard. Thank you for sharing
Hi! Would these be able to be baked instead of fried? I’m looking for a vegan recipe that I can bake and I’m having the hardest time!
Can these be baked? I know it’s not the same but I just can’t with all that oil 🥹
Turned out great! I made them with my son today for Fat Tuesday. He has an egg allergy but is fine with dairy so I used 1 1/3 cup heavy cream in place of the coconut milk. I also used active yeast so I proofed it in a bowl with warm heavy cream and sugar before adding the other ingredients. Everyone loved them 🙂
Thank you for this! We LOVE paczki, but my youngest is allergic to dairy, soy, and tree nuts. This is an awesome alternative for us and I can’t wait to try it!