These Italian 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
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons dark rum
1/8 teaspoon salt
oil for frying
icing sugar
Preparation
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.
Preheat oil to 375°; fry cookies until golden brown, about 1 minute per side. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cookies are best served the same day.
20 minutes 
