Doughnuts

1 cup sugar
2 tsp. butter
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 2/3 cups flour
6 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. vanilla

Blend sugar and butter, add eggs and cream thoroughly. Sift dry ingredients together and mix alternatively with milk and vanilla. Take one spoonful of on floured board and knead slightly. Roll to thickness of 1/4 inch, cut and fry in deep hot fat. After one cutting, add another spoonful of dough to rolled over dough, knead together and roll and cut. Work in this manner until all dough is used.

Doughnuts should be turned and kept rolling in the hot fat, not allowing them to remain on one side any length of time. Turn soon after dropping into hot fat. This dough should be as soft as possible for best results.