How To Make Doughnuts

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This section is from the book "Neighborhood Cook Book", by Circle No. 5, Women's Union, Hemenway Methodist Church. Also available from Amazon: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.

How To Make Doughnuts

Raised Doughnuts

Dissolve 1 yeast cake and 1 tbsp. sugar in 1 1/4 cups lukewarm milk which has been scalded and allowed to cool. Add 1 1/2 cups flour and beat well. Cover and set in warm place 1 hour or until bubbles burst on top; add 3 tbsp. butter, creamed with 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp. mace and salt, 1 well-beaten egg and about 3 cups flour, or enough to make a moderate soft dough. Knead lightly, place in well-greased bowl, and allow to rise again. When light, roll about 1/3 inch thick, cut with small cutter and let rise once more on a floured board. When light, drop in deep fat with side up that has been next to the board. - Virginia Klein.

Sour Milk Doughnuts

1 cup sugar, 2 tbsp. lard, 1 cup sour milk, 1 tsp. soda, pinch of salt, 2 eggs, 1 tsp. each cinnamon and nutmeg, flour enough to roll. Cut out; fry in deep fat.

- Mrs. Anna Samway.

Doughnuts

1 cup sugar, 3 tbsp. butter, level, 2 eggs, 1 cup sour milk, 1 tsp. soda dissolved in milk, 1 tsp. baking powder in enough flour to make a dough to roll.

Mix in the order given, roll, cut in circles and fry in deep fat. - Mrs. I. P. Berry.

Prize Doughnuts

1 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. melted shortening, 2 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, 1/2 tsp. grated nutmeg, 4 level tsp. baking powder, 5 cups flour.

Mix the first 3 ingredients until smooth and even. Add the eggs beaten slightly and beat all together thoroughly. Sift the flour, nutmeg and baking powder. Add the milk and sifted flour alternately to the first part. Put half the dough on a floured board and roll out about 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut with doughnut cutter and fry in deep fat until brown. When done, drain on paper towel 1 min. and roll in powdered sugar.

- Miss Lillian Cooley.

Potato Doughnuts

1 cup mashed potatoes, 1 tbsp. butter, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 2 eggs, 4 tsp. baking powder, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp. salt and nutmeg.

Mix in the order given, roll thin, cut and fry in hot fat. - Mrs. H. G. Smith.

Potato Fried Cakes

Boil and mash 5 medium-sized potatoes; add 1 tsp. butter, 1 tsp. salt, 3 cups sugar and 1 cup milk. When cool add 3 eggs, 6 cups flour, 6 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. each cinnamon and nutmeg. Roll thin, cut out and fry. Makes 8 dozen. Needs 2 lbs. lard to fry. Excellent, - Mrs. G. C. Carnright.