Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Grandma W's Donuts

4 cups flour
3/4 cups Crisco
1 cup sugar (can use a little less)
1 tsp salt 
Cut up as in making pie pastry

2 pkg yeast in 4 cups lukewarm water.  Let rise.

6 beaten eggs.  Add to flour mixture with the yeast.  Add flour as necessary to make soft dough.  
Let rise.  Punch down. Rise again (can let it rise once to save time).  Make into donuts.
Let rise and roll dough into 1/3" thickness.  Fry.

Glaze while warm
1 lb (approximately - can use less) icing sugar
1 Tbsp butter
Vanilla and hot water to make paste.

Makes 100 donuts.  Can half the recipe.