Fried Yeast Doughnuts

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons Crisco
• 3 eggs
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 4 1/2 to 5 cups flour, sifted

Method

1. 1 Cream Crisco and gradually add sugar.
2. 2 Add well-beaten eggs to the creamed mixture.
3. 3 Sift dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg) together.
4. 4 Add dry ingredients and milk alternately to the egg mixture, mixing until a soft dough forms.
5. 5 Roll out the dough as thinly as possible.
6. 6 Cut into shapes and fry in hot Crisco until golden brown.