Dutch Crullers

Ingredients

• one cup of sugar
• one-half cup of butter
• one egg
• one cup of sour milk
• one level teaspoon of flour
• enough sifted pastry flour to make a dough

Method

1. 1

   Cream sugar and butter, add egg and beat, then add sour milk.

2. 2

   Sift flour and add to mixture, then beat in enough pastry flour to make a dough that can be rolled out.

3. 3

   Cut in rings, twist each ring inside out, and fry in deep hot fat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus (1911) by Rufus Estes, page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DUTCH CRULLERS — Cream one cup of sugar and one- half cup of butter, add one egg and beat, then one cup of sour milk. Sift one level teaspoon of flour and add to the mixture, now beat in enough sifted pastry flour to make a dough that can be rolled out. Cut in rings and taking hold of each side of a ring twist it inside out. Fry in deep hot fat. INDIVIDUAL SHORTCAKES— Sift two cups of flour, three teaspoons of baking powder, and one-half level teaspoon of salt together. Add two well beaten eggs and one-half cup of melted butter. Beat and pour into greased muffin pans until they are two-thirds full. Bake in a hot oven, then split and butter. Crush a quart box of any kind of berries, sprinkle with one-half of cup of sugar and use as a filling for the little short- cakes. RAISED DOUGHNUTS— Scald one cup of milk. When lukewarm add one-quarter of a yeast cake dissolved in one- quarter of a cup of lukewarm water, one teaspoon 'salt and flour enough to make a stiff batter. Let it rise over night. In the morning add one-third of a cup of shortening (butter and lard mixed), one cup light brown sugar, two eggs well beaten, one- half nutmeg grated and enough flour to make a stiff dough. Let it rise again, toss on floured board, pat and roll out. Shape with the biscuit cutter and work between the hands until round. Place on the floured board, let rise one hour, turn and let rise again. Fry in deep fat and drain on brown paper. Cool and roll in powdered sugar. SOUR MILK DOUGHNUTS— Beat two eggs light, add one cup of sugar and beat, one-half cup of butter

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