Raised Doughnuts Recipe

• 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

1. Dissolve yeast cake in lukewarm water.
2. Scald milk and let cool.
3. To milk, add yeast, half teaspoon of salt, and flour to make a drop batter.
4. Let rise.
5. In a separate bowl, cream vegetable shortening with sugar, and add well-beaten eggs, remainder of salt, and nutmeg.
6. A shortening mixture to yeast with enough flour to make stiff dough; let rise again.
7. When risen, make into small balls and place in a pan half-filled with vegetable shorteninged.
8. Cook from four to five minutes until doughnuts are done.
9. Drain on soft paper and dredge with powdered sugar.
10. Sufficient for seventy doughnuts.

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