Doughnuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/3 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. shortening
4 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
4 1/2 c. flour
2 eggs
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 tsp. ground cloves

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Add eggs, baking powder and milk. Then add spices and salt.
Add flour.
They may need just a bit more flour (so dough looks dry).
Roll not too thin, about 1/4-inch, and cut with doughnut cutter.
Drop in hot oil and fry about 1 minute on 1 side, then flip and fry the other side.
Dip in xxxx sugar.
Very good.
Yields around 4 dozen.