Uštipci (little doughnuts)

Sometimes, tradition is the best thing we have. An old grandma`s recipe you do over and over again..  it is always equally good, so why would you ever want to change that.
These little doughnuts are something very traditional in my home. We call them Uštipci (uh-sh-tiptsy) and it is one of the olderst recipes we have. We mostly make them for a sweet snack-dinner, they are very quickly done and can be eating with various combinations of spreads.

So, the recipe from my grandma`s notebook looks like this:

UŠTIPCI

2 eggs + 2 tbs sugar + a bit of dark rum
2 cups of yogurth (solid, not liquid)
1 tsp baking powder

14 tbs flour (all purpose)

Beat the eggs with a whisk for 1-2 minutes, until they break and become foamy. Put in the rest of the sugar and rum, whisking until it comes together. Add in 2 yogurt cups and whisk in gently, so that it doesn`t break too much. In the end, add the flour and the baking powder, and fold it in with a spatula, all the way till there is no more lumps left.

From this dough, scoop the dumplings with a teaspoon and bake them in the hot oil (but just so many that they all have a space to swim out to the surface).

 

There is one trick though that my mom uses, to make it easier to scoop the dumplings without them sticking to the spoon. Fill up a little cup with strong alcohol (schnapps, vodka..) and dip the spoon inside, before scooping the dough. Dip it just before each scoop.

There should be enough oil in the pan so that the dumplings can swim in it, so when they swim up to the surface, bake them until slightly golden.


 

Turn the dumplings to the other side, frying till it is equaly as golden (do check on them, because the other side will need much less time to be done).

Place the fried uštipci on a paper napkin after they are done, so that it soaks up the excess oil.. and serve them hot!

You can eat the Uštipci with whichever spead you like. We eat them most often with a homemade plum marmelade, but also with nutella or peanut butter.

Tradition or new trends... it is all on you. But none of these spreads would be a miss, because the Uštipci are tasty with or without any spread.

Enjoy your meal!