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{{Short description|Balkan pastry}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name            = Krofne
| image           = Pokladnice Križevci 2008.JPG
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| alternate_name  = Krafne, krofi, krofni
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| region          = [[Balkans]]
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| type            = [[Doughnut]]
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| main_ingredient = [[Baker's yeast|Yeast]], [[milk]], [[sugar]], [[flour]], [[butter]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], [[rum]], [[lemon peel]]
Filling: [[Jelly (fruit preserves)|jelly]], [[marmalade]], [[jam]], [[chocolate]], [[custard]], or [[cream]]; [[powdered sugar]]
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'''Krofne''' ([[Albanian language|Albanian]] and {{langx|hr|krafne}}; [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]] and {{lang-sr-Latn|krofne}}, {{lang-sr-cyr|крофне}}; {{langx|sl|krofi}}; {{langx|mk|крофни}}; {{langx|ro|croafne/crofne}}) are airy filled [[doughnut]]s. They are round and usually filled with [[Jelly (fruit preserves)|jelly]], [[marmalade]], [[jam]] or [[chocolate]] as well as butter, [[Nutella]] and cinnamon. They can also be filled with [[custard]], or [[cream]], but that is usually less common. The name comes from German ''[[Berliner (doughnut)|Krapfen]]'', and it is a variation of the Central European pastry known as the [[Berliner (pastry)|Berliner]]. They are also similar to [[beignet]]s.

The recipe for homemade krofne includes [[Baker's yeast|yeast]], [[milk]], [[sugar]], [[flour]], salt, [[butter]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], [[rum]], [[lemon peel]], [[marmalade]] and [[powdered sugar]]. The dough is kneaded and prepared and then cut into small pieces, then made into a little ball, making it easier to cook.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.recepti.hr/recepti/jela/krafne-2 | language = hr | publisher = recepti.hr | author = Branko Ognjenović | title = Krafne | access-date = 2011-08-03}}</ref>

In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, the consumption of krafne, or krofi, increases significantly during the yearly winter festival of [[Carnival]]. In Croatia, they are served on New Year's Day as a good-luck token as well as for prosperity,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} as well as for other holidays such as Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.jutarnji.hr/testirano--sto-je-krafna-bez-pekmeza/926718/?secId=79 | newspaper = [[Jutarnji list]] | language = hr | title = Veliki test kupovnih pokladnica: Što je krafna bez pekmeza | access-date = 2011-08-03 | archive-date = 2011-02-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110223104725/http://www.jutarnji.hr/testirano--sto-je-krafna-bez-pekmeza/926718/?secId=79 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Gallery==
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==See also==
* [[List of doughnut varieties]]
* [[Jelly doughnut]]
* [[List of custard desserts]]
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpjsd0pIzTc Krofne: video recipe]
* [https://www.recepti-kuvar.rs/recepti/?category=797&cuisine=&cooking_method=&sort=&content-search= Recepti i Kuvar online, krofne recepti]
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[[Category:Doughnuts]]
[[Category:Custard desserts]]
[[Category:Slovenian desserts]]
[[Category:Croatian desserts]]

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[[hr:Pokladnica]]
[[it:Krapfen]]
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