Chrusciki- Bow Knots

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 2 whole eggs
• 10 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar (i use vanilla sugar, check out my recipe)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pure orange extract
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange rind
• 3 tablespoons cognac
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 4 -5 cups flour
• melted crisco, mixed with
• lard, if kosher just use crisco
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 beat the eggs and egg yolks together until thick and lemon colored.
• 2 add the melted butter, sugar, salt, extracts, citrus rinds, cognac, and sour cream and beat until creamy and smooth.
• 3 add enough flour gradually to produce a thick, fairly stiff dough.
• 4 turn out onto a floured board and knead for 8-10 minutes until the dough is elastic and can be handled easily.
• 5 roll pieces of dough 1/8 inch thin (should be able to see through them) and cut into strips about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide.
• 6 cut the ends on a diagonal.
• 7 slit each piece in the center and pull one end through the slit.
• 8 heat the crisco and lard to 375 degrees and fry the dough strips, until lightly browned (about 1 minute) drain on paper towels and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 9 (shhhhhhhhhhh!) sneak 1 or 2 while frying!