Best Amish Doughnuts Recipes

Amish Doughnuts image

Provided by PrimQuilter

Categories Breads

Time 30m

Yield 36 doughnuts

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 eggs
6 cups flour
2 cups warm water
2 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons yeast or 2 compressed yeast cakes
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup lard (or shortening)
2 teaspoons white Karo
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 -3 tablespoons hot water

Steps:

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 2 cups of warm water.
Add eggs, flour, salt, sugar and lard to yeast mixture.
Mix well.
Cover with a tea towel and let rise until doubled.
Roll out to 1/2" thick, cutting with a doughnut cutter.
Let rise again, 30-45 minutes.
Fry until golden on one side then flip and do the other side. This takes just a few minutes per side.
Drain on paper towels and dip in glaze.
Glaze mixture:.
Mix Karo syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar and 2 T. hot water together.
If consistency is not thin enough, add the other tablespoon water.
Roll doughnuts in glaze while still warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 143.3, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 20.3, Sodium 395.1, Carbohydrate 24.5, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 7.9, Protein 3.2

AMISH DOUGHNUTS Recipe - (3.7/5) image

Provided by JacqueDavison

Number Of Ingredients 14

Steps:

Doughnuts Add sugar, salt, and margarine to hot milk. Cool to lukewarm. Add yeast and sugar to warm water. Let rise for 5 minutes. Pour both liquids together plus eggs and add flour, After last flour has been added knead for 10 minutes. Let rise 1 hour and knead again. Let rise 1 hour and punch down and roll to 1 /2 inch and cut. Put on floured pan, let rise and deep fat fry at 350. Glaze while still warm MAPLE SYRUP GLAZE In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, maple extract and milk; stir well. Add additional milk, if needed, to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over donuts.

Amish Doughnuts image

Provided by Grandma Polly

Categories Breads

Time 1h

Yield 12-24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Steps:

Blend shortening into sifted dry ingredients. Combine egg yolks with potatoes. Add to dry ingredients. Add yeast to cooled milk. Gradually blend into other mixture. Let rise for 40 minutes. Cut and let rise again. Roll dough 3/8-inch thick. Fry in hot fat. Glaze.
GLAZE:.
Add 3 tablespoons water to 1 cup powdered sugar. Dip donuts into mixture.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 403.8, Fat 11.9, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 47.4, Sodium 244.3, Carbohydrate 64.2, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 8.7, Protein 9.3

Amish Light-As-A-Feather Doughnuts image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 10