Raised Doughnuts Recipe 1

Ingredients for Raised Doughnuts

• 1 cup milk
• ¼ yeast cake
• ¼ cup lukewarm water
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup vegetable shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• Flour

Instructions

1. Dissolve yeast cake in lukewarm water.
2. Scald milk and cool, then add yeast, half teaspoon of the salt and flour to make a drop batter.
3. Set in a cosy place to rise.
4. Cream vegetable shortening with sugar, add eggs well beaten, remainder of salt and nutmeg, add to yeast mixture with enough flour to make stiff dough; let rise again.
5. When risen, make into small balls and place in a vegetable shorteninged pan to risewhen light drop into plenty of hot vegetable shortening and cook from four to five minutes until doughnuts are done.
6. Drain on soft paper and dredge with powdered sugar.
7. Sufficient for seventy doughnuts.