Recipe: Sweet Milk Doughnuts

Title: Sweet Milk Doughnuts
Categories: Cakes, 1941
Servings: 6

1 c Sugar
2 tb Melted shortening
2 Eggs, slightly beaten
1 c Milk
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 ts Salt
3 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/8 ts Ginger
4 3/4 c Flour
1/2 ts Lemon flavoring

Combine eggs and sugar, blend carefully. Sift flour, measure, and sift
with salt, baking powder, and spices. Add alternately with combined milk,
shortening, and flavorings to first mixture. Chill dough. Turn onto lightly
floured board and roll in sheet 1/3 inch thick. Cut with floured cutter.
Fry in deep fat (365 F) until brown. Drain on crumpled absorbent paper.
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