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Amish Doughnuts
 
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Servings: 3
Another favorite out of my Amish cookbook ! We used to live near an Amish community and their doughnuts and breads were unbelievable ! Time listed does not include the rising or frying.
Ingredients:
3 eggs
6 cups flour
2 cups warm water
2 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons yeast or 2 compressed yeast cakes
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup lard (or shortening)
2 teaspoons white karo
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 -3 tablespoons hot water
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 2 cups of warm water.
2. Add eggs, flour, salt, sugar and lard to yeast mixture.
3. Mix well.
4. Cover with a tea towel and let rise until doubled.
5. Roll out to 1/2 thick, cutting with a doughnut cutter.
6. Let rise again, 30-45 minutes.
7. Fry until golden on one side then flip and do the other side. This takes just a few minutes per side.
8. Drain on paper towels and dip in glaze.
9. Glaze mixture:.
10. Mix Karo syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar and 2 T. hot water together.
11. If consistency is not thin enough, add the other tablespoon water.
12. Roll doughnuts in glaze while still warm.
By RecipeOfHealth.com