How to Make German Twists Doughnuts! YUM!!

Making Doughnuts from Scratch!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 1/2 pkgs of active dry yeast
• 1/4 Cup warm water
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup shortening or lard
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp.salt
• 1/2 cup Evaporated Milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 5-6 cups flour
• Granulated Sugar

1. 
    
   I cannot believe how hard it was to find a silly pic of a twist doughnut!

   Dissolve yeast in warm water, combine boiling water and shortening:
   blend well. Add sugar and salt. Stir until lukewarm. Blend in yeast,
   milk and eggs. Gradually stir in enough flour to make a soft dough.
   Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and satiny
   (about 7 minutes) Place in lightly greased bowl; Turn over to grease
   top. cover, let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

2. 
    
   YUM DOUGHNUTS!

   Turn dough onto floured surface. Roll to 1/2" thickness; cut into
   8x 1/2" strips and gently roll back and forth to form evenly shaped
   12" sticks. Fold in half; cross ends of stick over each other to form
   twist. Pinch to secure ends well Cover; let rise until doubled in size about (30 minutes).

3. 
    
   I know this is a cheesy tacky photo but you can get an idea of the TWIST right? LOL!

   Fry in deep hot fat at (375 degrees F). Drain on paper towels, then
   roll in Sugar or make a glaze icing;
   You can use any kind of decoration here you like, Cinnamon, brown sugar,
   white sugar, as I said GLAZE ICING is so good on these too;
   
   To make a glaze icing use;
   1 lb. of confectioners sugar
   6 TBLSP. of water
   1 TBSLP. vanilla
   mix this together in pan , it will look like very thick cream
   and then pour or dip your twists into the glaze while doughnuts
   are HOT...
   
   VERY VERY VERY GOOD!!

Tips & Warnings

• just take your time, follow the directions exactly as they are, you can never rush your yeast to rise unless you want to turn on your oven and just
• kinda heat up your kitchen, that's up to you ...
• Always be careful when working around HOT GREASE! Take precautions, especially
• if you are doing this with small children around, be safe!!!

[Vanillatte]

on 2/4/2009 These sound delicious!

[MissouriWoman]

on 11/26/2008 HI there: Yeah I'm sure this goes by many names, the old recipe it was written on I could barely read it to type out..LOL! Something that belonged to my Mother when she was alive, and we used to make these so much when I was a kid growing up!! they were GREAT!!
Happy Thanks Giving!!

[newtron]

on 11/25/2008 Thank you I have been looking for the recipe for a long time. I know it by a different name.