Bismarck Doughnuts

Ingredients

 * 4 cups of flour
 * 1½ cups milk
 * 2 pkg. yeast
 * 4 heaping tbsp sugar
 * a dash of salt
 * 4 tbsp butter
 * 8 egg yolks

Directions

 * 1) Boil milk, add butter and sugar, and then cool.
 * 2) Add yeast and milk and beat egg yolks in well with beater.
 * 3) Add this mixture to flour.
 * 4) Let rise for 2 hours.
 * 5) Roll out lightly on floured board to ⅜ inch thickness, and cut out round circles.
 * 6) Lighly cover with cloth and let rise again about ½ hour.
 * 7) Fry in hot crisco oil (vegetable oil) or lard.
 * 8) Bismarcks will turn nice brown on both sides after being flipped over.
 * 9) Bismarcks should drain for a few seconds on paper toweling.
 * 10) If you want jelly Bismarcks, add jelly after they are fried.
 * 11) Use a pastry bag to add jelly.
 * 12) You can also sprinkle powdered sugar on top of Bismarcks.