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Rhenish Carnival Doughnuts

4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 2 pcs eggs
• 4 pcs egg yolks
• 0.5 l sour cream
• 250 g butter
• lemon zest (grated) (a little)
• cinnamon (ground) (a little)
• 3 tbsp rum

Instructions

1. Work all ingredients into a smooth dough and let it rest in a cool place for one hour.
2. Roll out the dough to the thickness of a knife's back, cut out offset squares with a pastry wheel, and immediately bake light brown in melted butter.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.