Recipe - New England Doughnuts

1 tablespoon Shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg, well beaten
3 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Milk
One half teaspoon Salt
2 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Nutmeg

Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg, milk, salt, and nutmeg. Sift flour,
measure, and sift with baking powder. Mix thoroughly. Add sufficient flour
to make a soft roll dough. Chill dough. Turn onto lightly floured board.
Roll in sheet 1/3 inch thick. Cut with floured cutter. Fry in deep fat (365
F) until brown. Drain on crumpled absorbent paper. Florence Taft Eaton,
Concord, MA.

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