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Yeast Donuts

by: Gimlet (BETTY13)

Ingredients:

1/4 Cup Warm water ( 105 to 115 degrees)
1 Pkg. Active Dry Yeast
3/4 Cups warm Milk ( same temp as water)
1/3 Cup Sugar
3 Tablespoons Butter or margarine, Softened
1 teaspoon Salt
3 3/4 to 4 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2 Eggs
Vegetable oil ( for frying)
Vanilla Glaze or Chocolate glaze

Mixing instructions:
Place water in large bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved. Add milk, sugar, butter, and 1 1/2 cups of flour; blend well, Stir in eggs and enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover;let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
Punch dough down. Remove dough to floured surface;roll to 1/2- inch thickness. Cut into shapes using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter. Reroll extra pieces of dough;cut into shapes.
Place on greased baking sheets. Cover; let rise in warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Pour oil into large, heavy saucepan to 1-inch deep. heat to 375 degrees. Place 2 or 3 doughnuts in the oil. ( Handle dough as little as possible to prevent falling.)Cook about 1 minute on each side or until golden brown.
Drain on paper towels. repeat with remaining doughnuts.
Dip warm doughnuts into vanilla glaze, or let doughnuts cool, then spread with choccolate glaze. drain on rack set over wax paper.

Vanilla Glaze:
In small bowl, combine 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted; 1/3 cup milk;1 teaspoon vanilla extract. stir until smooth.

Chocolate Glaze: Blend 1/4 Cup unsweetened cocoa into vanilla glaze.

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