Doughnuts
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Handwritten melted-butter formula
Green Recipe Box handwritten Doughnut card
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs beaten to gether
- 2 Tablespoon Melted butter
- 1 Cup Milk
- 4 cups flour
- 4 level teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 level teaspoon salt; 1 level teaspoon Nutmeg..
Directions
- Mix in order given. Roll 1/2 in thick
- Cut with cutter, fry in hot grease.
Temperature: hot grease
Equipment: cutter
Typed melted-shortening formula
Old Binder typed Doughnuts card
From Mom's.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs beaten
- 2 tbl melted Shortening
- 1 cup Milk
- ½ tsp Salt
- 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 4 cups Flour
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
Compare the cards
Two-tablespoon melted fat
- Old Binder typed Doughnuts card
- 2 tablespoons melted shortening
- Green Recipe Box handwritten Doughnut card
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Baking powder, salt, and nutmeg measures
- Old Binder typed Doughnuts card
- 4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- Green Recipe Box handwritten Doughnut card
- 4 level teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 level teaspoon salt; 1 level teaspoon nutmeg
Method
- Old Binder typed Doughnuts card
- No method is included on the card
- Green Recipe Box handwritten Doughnut card
- Mix in order given; roll 1/2 inch thick; cut with cutter; fry in hot grease
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