Doughnuts Or Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast, dissolved in 1/4 c. lukewarm water
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. lard
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. boiling water
1 beaten egg
3 1/2 c. plain flour

Preparation

Mix sugar, lard, salt and boiling water. When mixture is lukewarm, fold in egg and yeast mixture. Add flour or just enough to make kneadable dough. Let rise 1 1/2 hours. Punch down and roll out. Cut and place on cookie sheet. Let rise another hour and a half. Cook until brown at 400\u00b0.
Doughnuts are made just like the rolls, except they are fried in deep fat and dipped in mixture of powdered sugar, milk and vanilla.