Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 2 (1/4-ounce packages Active dry yeast
  • 5 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp Cocoa powder, unsweetened
  • 2 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tbsp Liquid food color, red
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup Vegetable shortening

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 Vegetable oil

• Dairy

  • 1 5/8 cups Milk

• Liquids

  • 1/4 cup Water

Found on spicysouthernkitchen.com

Ingredients

• 2 (1/4-ounce) packages active dry yeast
• ¼ cup warm water
• 1½ cups lukewarm milk
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• ⅓ cup vegetable shortening
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon red liquid food color
• Vegetable oil
• 2 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

• Stir the yeast into the warm water and let sit for 5 minutes.
• In a mixing bowl, combine milk, sugar, and salt. Using a mixer with a paddle attachment, beat in eggs one at a time, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• Beat in shortening and 2 cups of flour.
• In a small bowl, stir together cocoa powder and food coloring to make a paste.
• Add food coloring paste to dough and mix well.
• Keep adding flour, ½ cup at a time, until dough begins to pull away from sides of bowl.
• Switch to a dough hook and knead dough for 5 to 8 minutes, until soft but not sticky.
• Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turning dough to coat it in oil.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise until it doubles in bulk, about 1½ hours.
• Fill a Dutch oven with about 2 inches of oil and heat to 350 degrees.
• Cut dough into four pieces, and working 1 piece at a time, roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of ¼-inch. Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter and a small round cutter to cut donuts. You can use the small round cutter to make more donut holes out of the scraps.
• Carefully slide a few donuts into the oil. Fry for 35 to 45 seconds and then flip over. Cook the second side about 30 seconds and then place on a rack or a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
• For glaze, combine confectioners sugar, milk, and vanilla extract in a bowl and whisk until smooth.
• Drizzle glaze on top of dounuts.