Portzilke

Ingredients

475 ml milk
110 gr butter
3 eggs
50 gr sugar
3 gr salt
325 gr raisins
1 cake compressed yeast
650 gr flour

Instructions

Scald milk; cool to lukewarm and add remaining ingredients and mix well. Let rise until double in bulk. Drop into hot, deep fat by Tablespoonful and fry until brown. NOTE: These raisin fritters were especially made for New Year's Day. The name means tumbling over, since they turn over by themselves. VARIATION: HIlda uses quarter cup butter, 3 cups raisins and quarter cup water with yeast. (New Year's Fritter--High German) Submited by Mildred Schroeder and Hilda Buller Posted on Cooking Echo by Clarence Funk on 12-29-92 MM by Cathy Svitek ----