Doughnuts

Ingredients

• 1 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 T melted butter
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 t nutmeg
• 4 t baking-powder
• 2 c flour
• 1 c milk or water

Method

1. 1

   Cream 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, and 3 tablespoons melted butter well together; add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.

2. 2

   Sift 4 teaspoons baking powder with 2 cups flour, then add to the sugar mixture, alternating with 1 cup milk or water.

3. 3

   Add sufficient flour to roll, probably 1 cup or more.

4. 4

   Handle dough as little as possible.

5. 5

   Roll 1/2 inch thick.

6. 6

   Cut and fry in deep fat.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 96. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Doughnuts Cream i c sugar, 2 eggs, and 3 T melted butter well together; add i t salt and }i t nutmeg. Sift 4 t baking- powder with 2 c flour, then add to the sugar mixture, alter- nating with I c milk or water. Add sufficient flour to roll, probably i c or more. Handle dough as little as possible. Roll Yz inch thick. Cut and fry in deep fat. Note — If sour milk is used, ^ t soda and 2 t baking- powder should be used, instead of 4 t baking-powder. Mock Cherry Pie Chop together i c cranberries and ^ c raisins ; add i c sugar and 2 T flour mixed together, then add y^ c cold water. Bake with 2 crusts, following directions given on p. 130 for pastry. Oatmeal Macaroons Rub I T butter into J^ C sugar and mix with i well- beaten egg. Stir into the mixture i^ c rolled oats, ^ t JANUARY MENUS 171 salt, I t baking-powder. Drop from a teaspoon about an inch apart on greased pans and bake in a moderately hot oven until crisp and brown. Egg and Tomato Jelly Salad Cook I pint of tomatoes, a bit of bay leaf, a slice of onion, and a stalk of celery 15 m; soften ^ package of gelatine in J/2 c cold water ; add to the tomatoes and strain. Cut 2 hard-cooked eggs in half, dip in liquid gelatine, press against the sides of 4 chilled cups ; when set fill with the tomato mixture. Unmould on shredded lettuce and serve very cold with mayonnaise. Method of Work Immediately after breakfast prepare the filling for the Mock Cherry Pie, then make the pastry and bake the pie. Next make and bake the Oatmeal Macaroons. While making the doughnuts have the fat heating, and when hot enough to brown a bit of bread in 40 seconds, 360° F. (p. 103), fry the doughnuts, draining them on brown paper. While frying the doughnuts the tomatoes and eggs for the salad may be cooking. Also the gelatine may be soaking. When the doughnuts are done finish the salad and set away in a cool place. LUNCHEON OR SUPPER Saturday Lesson 103 VEAL AND POTATO ROLL BREAD AND BUTTER FRESH DOUGHNUTS TEA Veal and Potato Roll Grind enough veal left from the preceding dinner to make 2 c. Chop the potatoes left, there should be i c, and add to the ground meat. Season with i t salt,

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