Doughnut Recipe

1 cup sugar

3 eggs beaten

1 Tablespoon salt

Mix together

2 cups hot water

1 cup lard or crisco (we used crisco)

2 cups mashed potatoes or potato flakes mixed with water to equal 2 cups (we used potato flakes)

1 Tablespoon lecithin (this helps make the donuts soft)

2 Tablespoons yeast dissolved in 2 cups warm water

10 cups occident flour

2 cups donut mix 

Knead together and let rise for approxiamately 1 hour in a warm place.
Roll out. Cut donut shapes with cutter or the top of a glass works well.
Poke with a fork to prevent air bubbles later when frying.
 Let rise.  Fry in vegetable oil approx. 1 min each side or until golden brown.
Let cool.  Fill with cream or glaze and enjoy!

Doughnut Day

On Monday we made 250+ doughnuts with Keepers!  Cream-filled and Glazed Doughnuts, Blueberry Cake Doughnuts, and Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes.  This was a messy meeting with all the flour and powdered sugar flying around so we had it outside in our garage.  Lillian and Becca, some of our Amish friends, came and started a few batches of dough so they could rise before the other club members arrived.  

Once the Keepers Girls arrived we rolled out the dough and started cutting out doughnuts!!! 
We only had one doughnut cutter so we used the top of glasses as well.
 

 

 Lillian suggested using our table extention leaves for the doughnuts to rise on.
 



After the doughnuts were cut out we let them rise again...guess where?  In the back of our van! :)  The van was nice and warm inside so it made a perfect place for them to rise! 

 



After the doughnuts rose we fried them.

 

 

 

 After we cut out the doughnuts we poked each one with a fork.  The amish ladies said this prevents air bubbles from forming while frying.  If they get air bubbles they won't flip properly.

 

Filling the doughnuts with cream... Yummy! :)

 

We bought a 5 gal. bucket of pre-made doughnut cream from an Amish bakery down the road.

Becca and Lillian brought their doughnut fillers.  You poke a doughnut on the spout and pump the handle twice and then your doughnut is filled with delicious icing!  :)

 

Uh oh, the Farmer's Wife seems to have found the cream bucket! :)

 

After the doughnuts were fried and filled they are rolled in doughnut sugar!  Talk about good!!! :)

 



Faith wore Hannah's apron to Keepers and as she was rolling doughnuts in powdered sugar she got a phone call from her just-married older sister!  :)

 



Elainah enjoying one of the finished doughnuts!

 



Glazed Doughnuts Before...

 



...and glazed doughnuts after!

 



Lincoln and Joshua kept the younger ones entertained with pony rides...

 

Joshua (Becca's son) and Lincoln paying RC Airplanes on ipods.  LOL

 

 



Grandpa's Surprise 70th Birthday Party

 

Thursday we threw a surprise 70th birthday party for Grandpa at the Bomberger Farm.  We are so thankful to have Grandpa with us!  Seven years ago he was in the hospital and we almost lost him twice.  It was a very hard year but we are so thankful to have our awesome Grandpa still with us!  We love you Grandpa!  :)



Aunt Jennifer, Aunt Rebekah, Zoe, and Abigail decorated the tables with "Dad" quotes and pictures of Grandpa...
 

 While we were waiting for everyone to arrive the kids went down to the pond...

 Cousins Elainah and Bethany

 Surprise Grandpa!!! :)

 

Uncle Steve rented an ice cream machine!

Grandpa's siblings shared memories about him and the funny things he did as a kid! :)

 Uncle Jon read a letter from Bro. Billy Paul to Grandpa.

Grandpa with two of his three brothers.

Uncle Joe passed away two years ago from a heart attack.

 

 
Uncle Butch, Grandpa, and Uncle Eddie
Aunt Carol and Aunt Jeanette

Grandpa and Grammy with 3/4 of their family

Levi, Bethany, Joy, Rachel, Elainah, and Roseanna

 

 

 Massage line :)

 ...the line grew! :)

Debating who got the most whippings when they were younger :)

Who do you think it was Daddy or Steve?

 

 

 Joy and her buddy Rachel

 

Happy Birthday Grandpa!  We love you so much!