Recipe - Banana Doughnuts

5 cup Allpurpose flour
3 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Soda
2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
One fourth cup Shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla
3 Eggs; well beaten
Three fourths cup Mashed bananas
One half cup Buttermilk
One half cup Flour for rolling
Deep oil for frying

1.Sift flour, measure and resift 3 times with baking powder, soda, salt,
and nutmeg. Cream shortening, blend in sugar, add vanilla, and eggs, and
beat until light and fluffy. Add combined bananas and buttermilk, and stir
until well mixed. Add flour mixture in 3 or 4 portions, stirring thoroughly
after each addition. 2.Chill before rolling. Remove One fourth of dough from
refrigerator at a time, knead it lightly 4 or 5 times, roll to 3/8 inch
thickness, and cut with floured 2One half inch doughnut cutter. 3.Fry in deep
oil heated to 375 deg F. until golden brown, then lift out and drain on
absorbent paper. If desired, the dough may be covered tightly and kept in
the refrigerator for 1 to 2 days, to be fried as needed. Yield: about 31/2
dozen
Posted to KitMailbox Digest by Sandy delite@flash.net on Apr 16, 1998