Raised Doughnuts

Good homemade doughnuts

• Ready In: 1 hr 32 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  oil
• 2 (1/4ounce) packages  yeast (we use rapid rise)
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 3  cups water
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 8  cups flour

Directions

1. Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water.
2. Beat eggs, add sugar,oil,salt,2 cups hot water and some flour.
3. Then add yeast mixture and rest of flour.
4. Put in warm place to rise.
5. Let rise 1 1/2 hours, in a covered bowl.
6. If it is VERY sticky add some more flour.
7. Punch it down every half hour.
8. (If using rapid rise it may only need about 45 mins in a warm spot to double and be ready.) Roll out to 1/2" thick and cut.
9. Put on floured cookie sheets and cover.
10. Let rise about half an hour.
11. Fry in fry daddy one at a time unless you can fit more in comfortably In our fry daddy we do one minute each side.
12. Glaze with chocolate glaze, white icing or confex glaze while warm.
13. Sugar and cinnamon are good too.