Amish Doughnuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 eggs
6 cups flour
2 cups warm water
2 tablespoons salt
4 tablespoons yeast or 2 compressed yeast cakes
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup lard (or shortening)
Glaze
2 teaspoons white Karo
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 -3 tablespoons hot water

Preparation

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 2 cups of warm water.
Add eggs, flour, salt, sugar and lard to yeast mixture.
Mix well.
Cover with a tea towel and let rise until doubled.
Roll out to 1/2\" thick, cutting with a doughnut cutter.
Let rise again, 30-45 minutes.
Fry until golden on one side then flip and do the other side. This takes just a few minutes per side.
Drain on paper towels and dip in glaze.
Glaze mixture:
Mix Karo syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar and 2 T. hot water together.
If consistency is not thin enough, add the other tablespoon water.
Roll doughnuts in glaze while still warm.