DOUGHNUTS
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ⅔ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Cream shortening; add sugar and well-beaten egg; stir in milk; add nutmeg, salt, flour and baking powder which have been sifted together and enough additional flour to make dough stiff enough to roll. Roll out on floured board to about ¼-inch thick; cut out. Fry in deep fat hot enough to brown a piece of bread in 60 seconds. Drain on unglazed paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
RICH DOUGHNUTS
- 2 eggs
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons melted shortening
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Beat eggs until very light; add sugar, salt, nutmeg and shortening; add milk, and flour and baking powder which have been sifted together; mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls into deep hot fat and fry until brown. Drain well on unglazed paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar.