Like clockwork on Fat Tuesday, bakeries serve dozens upon dozens of the deep-fried pastries, which are often filled with jam ... What's the difference between paczki and doughnuts?

Then there are also Dutch oliebollen, which are direct ancestors of American doughnuts, which obviously differ from pączki, since they have a hole in the middle and aren’t usually filled. But with ...

And yes, they are similar to jelly-filled donuts, but they’re much richer. Ingredients like sugar, butter, eggs and yeast are put into the dough before giving them up for Lent. Paczki is ...