Honey Donuts

Ingredients:

½ cup milk

½ cup + ½ tsp sugar

½ cup butter

½ tsp salt

½ cup warm water

1 pkg or 2¼ tsp yeast

1 tsp vanilla

5 whole eggs

5 cups a/p flour

vegetable oil for frying

Method:

• Scaled in a sauce pot , milk, butter, sugar and salt
• In a small bowl combine water, sugar and yeast (let sit for about 10 to 15 minutes to activate yeast)
• Beat 5 eggs well and temper with warm milk mixture, vanilla and flour.
• Add yeast mix and milk mix to flour, fold until elastic and leave in a grease bowl covered to allow to double in size
• Punch down and cut donut shapes out. Let rest for 15 minutes and fry at 365f until golden brown on both sides
• Pat dry on a brown paper bag and while still warm dip in honey and let cool on a rack