Donuts (sweet Milk) Pre-1940's

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 tablespoons fat
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon or 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 -4 cups flour (to make a soft dough)

Recipe

• 1 cream fat, add sugar, add milk and well beaten eggs.
• 2 add 3 cups flour mixed and sifted with dry ingredients, then more flour to make dough just stiff enough to roll.
• 3 with knife, toss about 1/3 of the dough on lightly floured board, knead slightly to make smooth.
• 4 roll thickness to about 1/2 inch.
• 5 use floured spatula freely to prevent dough from sticking to board.
• 6 cut with floured doghnut cutter.
• 7 fry in deep fat about 2 minutes, they should come quickly to the top.
• 8 brown on one side then brown on the other side. turn but once.
• 9 drain over fat and then on absorbent paper.
• 10 when partly cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar.