CHRISTSMAS PASTRIES

Also known as ITALIAN PASTRIES

2 cups flour
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons dark rum
1/8 teaspoon salt
oil for frying
icing sugar


Combine all the ingredients. Knead 10 minutes. Refrigerate 1 hour. Roll out small pieces of dough until paper thin.
Use pasta maker if available. It is easier.
Cut into pieces of about 3 -inches long of various shapes. Deep fry until sides are light brown.
Sprinkle with icing sugar.
These pastries are known world wide by different names, but same recipe.

Italy: cenci, wanda, gnocchi, pasta frolla
France: bugnes
Poland: krusciki
Spain: Pastel
Japan: Karinto