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Doughnuts Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 Yeast Cake or Packet
1 C. Milk
3 1/2 C. sifted Flour
1/4 C. Shortening
1/4 C. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
1 Egg
Shortening for Frying
Directions:
Directions:
Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk. Add 1 1/2 C. of the flour and beat until smooth. Cover; let rise in a warm place (80-85 degrees) until double in bulk (about 2 hours). Combine shortening, sugar, salt, and egg and stir into the yeast sponge. Add remaining flour and beat thoroughly. Rub top with shortening; let rise in a bowl. Rub with shortening until double in bulk (about 2 hours). Roll into a half inch thick slab. Cut with doughnut cutter. Allow to rise about 45 minutes. Fry until brown in deep hot shortening, about 365 degrees. Roll warm doughnut in sugar.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
24 doughnuts

 

 

 

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