In Poland pączki are eaten on Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek) in February to mark the last Thursday before Lent fasting begins. Pączki are made from especially rich dough containing a lot of eggs, butter, sugar, yeast and milk. Traditionally, they are
Mini doughnuts stuffed with whipped cream and strawberries. Coated in sugar. They’re half the size of traditional doughnuts but don’t worry, the whipped cream with strawberries really fills you up ;-).
This is a recipe for traditional cheese cookies called Kołaczki. I’ve known of them before from other cultures but even though they’re Polish, I’m not actually certain of their origin. We just call them Kołaczki. It is a simple cookie pastry made from flour, butter
The famous, old-fashioned American classic – “pineapple upside-down cake”. I think that if I spent my childhood in the USA, this cake would definitely have been my favourite dessert :-). The pineapple rings are placed on the bottom of the baking tin