Easy Amish Glazed Doughnuts
 
 
Ingredients
  • 3 eggs
  • 6 cups flour
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 4 tablespoons yeast or 2 compressed yeast cakes
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup lard (or shortening)
  • Glaze
  • 2 teaspoons white Karo
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1½ cups powdered sugar
  • 2 -3 tablespoons hot water
Instructions
  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 ½" 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.
  8. This takes just a few minutes per side.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.
Recipe by Amish 365 at https://www.amish365.com/easy-amish-glazed-doughnuts/