Vanilla-Glazed Doughnuts

Name: Vanilla-Glazed Doughnuts
Yield: Makes about 16 doughnuts and holes, or 16 filled doughnuts
Ingredients: 3 - 3 1/4 cups (15 -16 1/4 ounces/425 - 461 grams), unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 envelope (about 2 1/4 teaspoons), instant yeast; 6 tablespoon, sugar (about 2 1/2 ounces/71 grams); 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 2/3 cup, whole milk, at room temperature; 2 , large eggs, beaten lightly; 6 tablespoon (3/4 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces, softened but still cool; 6 cups (40 ounces/1134 grams), vegetable shortening, such as Crisco, for frying; 1/2 cup, half-and-half; 3 cups, sifted confectioners' sugar; 1/8 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Breakfast & Brunch
Quick Breads

The best homemade yeasted doughnuts are impossibly rich and light all at once. Yes, they require a little effort to make, but there’s no comparing them to the mass-produced doughnuts sold in franchises everywhere.

SERVES Makes about 16 doughnuts and holes, or 16 filled doughnuts

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