Krówki

Krówki (Little Cows) are Polish fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candies. It is one of the most common Polish confectioneries, sold worldwide.

Actually, the taste and consistency can be described as "Dulce de Leche candy". The original recipe was usually: milk, sugar, and sometimes butter, cream and vanilla flavor [ [http://santasshop.info/Why%20Try.htm Krówki and other Polish confectionery - description] ] . There are also chocolate and coffee flavored krówki available, additionally, there are sometimes modern versions for lactose intolerant consumers, made out of soy milk. The orignal recipe is hard to find nowadays since some of the original natural ingredients have been replaced with artificial ingredients. For example, the "Luxury Cream Fudge" made by Firma Cukiernicza Solidarnosc today lists the following ingredients MILK CREAM FUDGE Ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, whole milk powder (10%), hydrogenated vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder (7%), emulsifiers (soya lecithin, monoglycerid of fatty acid E471), flavours. The taste and quality of some brands may no longer be the same as many Poles remember from their childhood.

Krówki can be prepared at home, using a simple cast iron pan and the above mentioned ingredients.

Krówka (singular) means "cute little cow" or "sweet little cow" in Polish. The plural is krówki. The translation "little cow" comes from the word krowa, meaning cow. "Little cow" would translate "mała krowa" (singular), "little cows" would be literally "małe krowy" (plural).

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See also

* Cajeta
* Caramel
* Confiture de lait
* Dulce de Leche
* Flan
* Maillard reaction
* Penuche
* Teja (confectionery)