1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup white shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cake yeast
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup lukewarm water
2 eggs, well beaten
7 1/2 cups plain flour, approximate
Recipe
Pour boiling water over shortening, sugar and salt. Add milk and cool to lukewarm. Soften yeast in lukewarm water and add, with beaten eggs, to cooled mixture. Stir 4 cups flour and beat hard. Add enough more flour to make a soft dough. Place in greased bowl; grease top of dough; cover with waxed paper and a lid or cloth and chill until ready to use. May be used immedidately. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness; cut in 2-inch squares and fry a few at at time in hot deep fat until lightly browned, then turn and cook until lightly browned. They will pop up like a pillow. Do Not let dough rise before frying. Drain on aborbent paper and when cooled slightly glaze with a thin powdered sugar frosting. Makes about 60 doughnuts