Donuts Sweet Milk Pre 1940 S

Description

This pre-1940's recipe is included in my “grandma’s wartime edition cookbook”

Ingredients

• Fat
• Sugar
• Egg
• Milk
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Cinnamon
• Flour

Instructions

1. Cream fat, add sugar, add milk and well beaten eggs
2. Add 3 cups flour mixed and sifted with dry ingredients, then more flour to make dough just stiff enough to roll
3. With knife, toss about 1 / 3 of the dough on lightly floured board, knead slightly to make smooth
4. Roll thickness to about 1 / 2 inch
5. Use floured spatula freely to prevent dough from sticking to board
6. Cut with floured doghnut cutter
7. Fry in deep fat about 2 minutes, they should come quickly to the top
8. Brown on one side then brown on the other side
9. Turn but once
10. Drain over fat and then on absorbent paper
11. When partly cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar