Doughnuts
From Observatory
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- Ingredients
- 1½ c. sugar
- 2½ tbsp. fat
- 3 eggs
- 1 c. milk
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. grated nutmeg
- 1½ tsp. salt
- Flour to roll
- Directions
- Cream fat with one third of the sugar.
- Beat egg until light.
- Add remaining sugar, and combine mixtures.
- Add 3½ cups flour sifted with baking powder, salt and spices; then enough more flour to make stiff enough to roll.
- Roll out about one-third of the dough at a time to one-fourth inch thickness.
- Shape with doughnut cutter and fry in deep fat and drain on clean soft paper. The temperature of fat for frying doughnuts is 360°F. This may be tested, if there is no thermometer, by a square of bread which should brown in 60 seconds.
