Doughnuts (fastnachts- a shrove tuesday tradi

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       Title: Doughnuts (Fastnachts- a Shrove Tuesday Tradi
  Categories: Ethnic, Cheesecakes
       Yield: 1 Servings
  
       2 c  Milk
            *dissolved in:
       1 c  Sugar
       6 c  Flour
     1/2 ts Nutmeg
       1 c  Yeast
       1 c  Water, warm
     1/4 ts Salt
       3    Egg, well beaten
     1/4 c  Butter, melted
  
   Scald the milk and set aside to cool to lukewarm. To the dissolved yeast
   add 1/2 cup of flour and mix to a batter. Add to the milk. Stir in 1 tsp of
   the sugar and about 3 cups of flour. Set in a warm place to rise over
   night. In the morning, add the well-beaten eggs, nutmeg, butter, sugar, and
   salt and mix thoroughly. Stir in enough flour until batter can no longer be
   stirred with a spoon. Set aside to rise until light. Roll on a well-floured
   board and cut with a doughnut cutter. Let rise again, and then fry in hot
   fat until golden brown. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old
   Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.
   
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