Raised Doughnuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cake compressed yeast
    1/4 c. warm water
    3/4 c. lukewarm milk
    1/4 c. sugar
    1 tsp. salt
    3 1/2 to 3 3/4 c. flour
    1 egg
    1/4 c. shortening
Preparation
    Dissolve yeast in warm water.
    Let stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, dissolve sugar, shortening and salt in warm milk.
    Beat in 1 egg.
    Add 1 cup flour.
    Beat until smooth.
    Add yeast mixture. Beat in, then add 1/2 of flour.
    Continue working in the rest of the flour.
    The dough will be sticky.
    Grease the dough with some margarine and grease a large bowl.
    Cover.
    Let rise until double. Punch down.
    Let rise again.
    Roll out dough to 1/3 inch.
    Cut with doughnut cutter.
    Let rise to double.
    Fry in deep oil at 375\u00b0 until brown.
    Turn over.
    Repeat on the other side.

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