French Cruller - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup boiling water
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
fat (for deep frying)
confectioners' sugar frosting

Preparation

Combine sugar, salt, shortening, and boiling water in a saucepan.
Mix and bring to a rapid boil.
Add flour all at once and mix and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Add vanilla.
Force mixture through pastry tube onto greased paper, forming circles.
Heat deep fat to 375 degrees F on frying thermometer.
Carefully turn paper upside down so crullers will drop into fat. Fry and flip over until golden brown.
Spread with thin Confectioners' Sugar frosting.