Doughnuts

Ingredients

• two pounds of very light bread dough
• half a pound of fresh butter
• half a pound of powdered sugar
• a tablespoonful of mixed nutmeg and cinnamon
• half a pint of milk
• three well-beaten eggs

Method

1. 1

   Mix butter, sugar, and spices into the dough.

2. 2

   Add milk and beaten eggs, cover, and let rise.

3. 3

   Shape into balls or diamonds, fry in boiling lard, and drain.

4. 4

   Dust with sugar before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DOUGHNUTS, On baking day, take two pounds of very light bread dough that has been make in the usual man- ner. Put it into a broad pan. Rub into it half a pound of fresh butter and half a pound of powdered sugar, and a tablespoonful of mixed nutmeg and cinnamon. Wet it with half a pint of milk, and mix in three well-beaten eggs

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