Crullers (round)

Ingredients

• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup shortening
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup sifted all purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• to taste fat for deep frying
• to taste thin icing made from confectioners' sugar

Steps

1. Combine the sugar, salt, shortening, and boiling water in a saucepan.
2. Mix and bring to a rapid boil.
3. Mix in the flour all at once.
4. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.
5. Remove from the heat.
6. Cool the dough slightly.
7. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
8. Add the vanilla.
9. Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a medium-large round tip.
10. Pipe the dough into rings on greased parchment paper.
11. Heat enough fat for deep frying to 375°F (195°C).
12. Carefully turn the parchment paper upside down so the crullers will drop into the fat.
13. Deep fry until golden brown all over, flipping to cook both sides.
14. Remove the crullers from the fat.
15. Place on paper towels to drain and cool.
16. Ice the crullers with thin confectioners' sugar icing.