Homemade Donuts

I don’t know why, but we always have donuts with our chili for Halloween dinner. I can’t figure out how a sweet pastry was paired up with a bowl of hot chili, especially since the kids leave for trick or treating not long after anyway!

Though ours were always store-bought when I was growing up, I think this year I’m going to make my own. That way I can also have some fun with the glaze or sugar by adding some orange or black food coloring for the kids to dip the donuts into.

If you don’t feel like going to the trouble of waiting for dough to rise but still want something done at home, you can use a tube of biscuits as well — just pop the pre-cut hold out of the middle of the biscuit and fry in oil.

Glazed Donuts
adapted from cooks.com

4 pkgs. yeast
1 c. warm water
1 1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. Crisco oil
9 c. flour
4 eggs

Glaze:

1 to 1 1/2 boxes confectioners’ sugar
1/2 tbsp. vanilla
1/4 c. hot water

~ Mix yeast, warm water, milk, sugar, salt, oil and eggs.

~ Add flour, knead well.

~ Let rise in pan for 1 hour.

~ Punch down and let rise for 1 hour.

~ Roll out, cut out, fry in Crisco oil.

~ Combine glaze ingredients.

~ When donuts are cooled, dip into glaze mixture.

[image: flickr]