Baked Doughnuts (sixteen) Recipe

Ingredients for Baked Doughnuts (sixteen)

• Set a sponge of the following ingredients:
• 1 cup lukewarm milk
• 1 cake compressed yeast
• 10 ounces sifted pastry flour
• When this sponge is light, stir into it:
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1/3 cup oil
• Allow it to rise again. When light, add:
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces sifted pastry flour

Instructions

1. Mix thoroughly.
2. This will be too soft to knead.
3. Set it in a warm place to rise.
4. When it is light, knead it together.
5. Take the dough out onto a floured board, roll it out three-fourths inch thick, and cut with a doughnut cutter.
6. Lay the doughnuts on an oiled pan one inch apart, and set in a warm place to rise.
7. Allow them to rise about one-eighth inch, not more, and then bake.
8. Make a sugar sirup by dissolving 1/4 cup sugar in a 1 tablespoon hot water.
9. When the doughnuts are baked, brush each one over with the sirup, and roll in granulated sugar.