Raised Doughnuts

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup warm water
• 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
• 3/4 cup lukewarm milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3 3/4 cups flour (about, divided)
• 1/3 cup boiling water
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 place warm water in a large mixing bowl.
• 2 sprinkle yeast over the surface of the water; wait a few minutes then stir to dissolve.
• 3 mix in milk, sugar, salt, egg, shortening, and 2 cups flour and beat until smooth.
• 4 mix in up to 1¾ cups more flour, until you get a dough that can be handled.
• 5 (too soft is better than too stiff.) turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
• 6 place in a greased bowl; turn greased side up and cover with oiled plastic wrap.
• 7 let rise in a warm place until double, about 1½ hours; punch dough down.
• 8 (when the weather is warm, the dough will rise more quickly, do not let it rise past double.) let rise again until almost double, about 30 minutes; roll dough 3/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface.
• 9 cut with a doughnut cutter that has been floured.
• 10 let rise, uncovered, on waxpaper until double and very light, 30 to 45 minutes.
• 11 heat oil to 375°.
• 12 drop doughnuts into hot fat.
• 13 turn doughnuts as they rise to the surface.
• 14 fry 2 to 3 minutes or until golden on both sides, being careful not to prick them.
• 15 carefully remove from fat and drain.
• 16 roll in sugar or glaze while warm.
• 17 to glaze, blend ingredients for glaze and dip warm doughnuts into it.