Recipe - Raised Donuts

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Milk, scalded
2 tablespoon Melted butter or butter
substitute
One half teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs, well beaten
Flour
One half Cake dry yeast
OR One half cake compressed
yeast
One fourth cup Lukewarm water
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg
OR
One fourth teaspoon Cinnamon

Scald milk, at night, and add butter and salt. Cool until lukewarm. Add
yeast, softened in lukewarm water, and nutmeg or cinnamon. Cut in enough
flour to make of soft roll dough consistency. Cover and let rise overnight.
Next morning cut down, add sugar, eggs, and enough additional flour to form
a soft roll dough. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. Turn onto
lightly floured board, roll in sheet 1/3 inch thick, cut with lightly
floured cutter. Cook in deep, hot fat (365 F). Drain on crumpled,
absorbent paper. The doughnuts should rise to the top and begin to brown
almost instantly. 48 doughnuts. Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.

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