Mama Moo’s Donuts

 Basic homemade donut recipe. For a Moo family fall favorite, serve with chili. 1 recipe makes 15 smallish donuts, so we usually double it.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• ½  tsp baking soda
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• ¼  tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp. shortening
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp vanilla
•  ½ cup buttermilk (2 Tbsp vinegar + milk)
• powdered sugar for topping
• Crisco for frying

Procedure:

Mix and sift flour, soda, nutmeg, and salt.

Cream shortening; add sugar gradually and continue creaming. Add egg and beat well.  Add vanilla.  Add buttermilk alternately with dry ingredients and stir only until well blended.

 

Roll small quantities of dough at a time about 1/3 inch thick.  Cut donuts (2 ½ inch cuter) and let stand about 10 minutes.  Fry in deep hot fat (365 deg) to delicate brown.  Turn once.  Fry only 4 or 5 at a time so fat will not cool unduly.  Drain on absorbent paper.  Dip in powdered sugar.