Doughnuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cake Fleischmann's yeast
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 c. milk, scalded and cooled
4 1/2 c. sifted flour
3 Tbsp. butter
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg, well beaten
1 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation

Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in lukewarm water.
Add 1 1/2 cups flour and beat well.
Cover and let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour until bubbles burst on top.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add to yeast mixture.
Add remaining flour to make moderately soft dough.
Knead lightly, then place in well-greased bowl; cover and let rise 1 1/2 hours.
When light, turn out on floured board and roll 3/4-inch thick.
Cut with doughnut cutter.
Place on floured board; cover with cloth and let rise for 1 hour.
Fry in deep fat hot enough to brown a 1-inch cube of bread in 60 seconds or 375\u00b0.
Fry on both sides, turning only once.
Drain, cool and roll in powdered sugar.
Makes 3 dozen.