Deep-Fried Curd Donuts with Prunes and Dried Apricots

We fell in love with curd balls or donuts, as they are called in our family, for a long time. But I only recently came up with the idea of ​​putting the filling in the form of dried apricots or prunes inside. Children are even more delighted with such a sweet surprise in a donut!

Ingredients

• Cottage cheese – 250 g
• Prunes – 8 pcs.
• Dried apricots – 8 pcs.
• Wheat flour – 120 g
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Sugar – 50 g
• Baking powder for dough – 1 tbsp
• Vanillin – 1 pinch
• Sunflower oil – 400 ml

Directions

1. Put cottage cheese, sugar, vanillin, and egg in a deep bowl and stir with a fork or whisk.
2. Mix flour with baking powder and add to a bowl. Knead the dough.
3. The dough sticks a little to your hands, but do not add more flour, otherwise, the donuts will not be so airy. Form a sausage out of it and place it on a floured board.
4. Pour dried apricots and prunes with boiling water for 15 minutes, then dry. Cut the dough into 15-16 equal pieces. Form a flat cake from each piece and place the filling – dried apricots or prunes in the center. If the dough sticks strongly to your hands, moisten your hands with water.
5. Use your hands to form a ball with the filling inside.
6. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan or deep frying pan. Heat up medium. Place a few balls of curd in the butter so that there is a distance between them, as they increase in size when frying.
7. Fry the donuts in oil for about 5-6 minutes. You do not need to turn them over, as they spin themselves and are evenly fried from all sides.
8. Put the finished donuts on a paper towel to get rid of excess oil. Send a new batch of donuts to the stewpan for frying.
9. From the specified number of products, 15 perfectly smooth curd donuts were obtained.
10. A surprise in the form of dried apricots and prunes inside, tender airy curd dough, and golden brown crust – the perfect treat!
11. With aromatic coffee, these curd donuts will be a great start to the day, a sweet snack or an original dessert.