Ring  Roll  in  some  castor  sugar.    Dough  rings  may  be  made  from  the

Dough  Nuts,  same  dough,  handed  up,  pinned  out,  and  the  centre  of  each  cut
out  with  a  small  plain  cutter  before  proving.  Care  is  necessary  when  pre-
paring the  lard  for  frying  to  ascertain  when  it  is  hot  enough.  To  this
Test  for  Heat  ^nd  throw  a  few  drops  of  cold  water  on  the  hot  fat;  if  ready
of  Fat.  for  frying — that  is,  if  it  is  hot  enough — it  will  give  off  a

crackling  noise;  if  not  hot  enough,  this  noise  will  not  be  produced,  and
the  pieces  of  dough  must  not  be  placed  in  it.  On  no  account  wait  until
smoke  is  seen  to  arise  from  the  fat,  as  this  will  indicate  that
it  is  beginning  to  burn,  which  will  not  only  give  the  dough
nuts  a  bad  colour,  but  will  prevent  them  growing  while  cooking  to  their
full  size;  then  the  fat  will  be  useless  for  frying  a  second  time  on  account  of
the  bad  colour.
