Vanilla-Glazed Yeast Donuts

Name: Vanilla-Glazed Yeast Donuts
Ingredients: 2¼-oz. packages active dry yeast; ½ cup sugar; 1½ cups milk, scalded and cooled; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 2 eggs; 6 tbsp. vegetable shortening, plus more for greasing; 5 cups (1 lb. 6½ oz.) all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more for dusting; Canola oil, for frying; 10 tbsp. unsalted butter; ⅓ cup evaporated milk; 2 ½ tsp. vanilla extract; 2 ½ cups confectioners' sugar

Vanilla-Glazed Yeast Donuts was pinched from <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Vanilla-Glazed-Yeast-Donuts" target="_blank">www.saveur.com.</a>

"The glaze on these airy donuts achieves its satiny consistency thanks to a combination of clarified butter and evaporated milk...."

INGREDIENTS

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2¼-oz. packages active dry yeast

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½ cup sugar

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1½ cups milk, scalded and cooled

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1 tsp. kosher salt

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2 eggs

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6 tbsp. vegetable shortening, plus more for greasing

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5 cups (1 lb. 6½ oz.) all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more for dusting

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Canola oil, for frying

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10 tbsp. unsalted butter

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⅓ cup evaporated milk

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2 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

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2 ½ cups confectioners' sugar

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