Bohemian Raised Doughnuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 teaspoon yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
3 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
flour
2 eggs
2 tablespoons melted lard
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
6 cups flour, approximately

Preparation

Blend yeast with 2 teaspoons sugar.
Add lukewarm milk, sugar, and enough flour to make a thin sponge.
Mix well and let rise in warm spot one hour or until sponge is bubbly and light.
With a spoon, add eggs, lard, salt, nutmeg, and enough flour enough to make a thick dough.
Let rise until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
Put dough on a floured board.
Cut into pieces smaller than egg.
Flour each piece and roll around and around.
Let rise until doubled.
Just before dropping into hot fat, make a hole in middle of each by bringing the thumb and middle finger towards each other through bun and stretching a little.
Fry.
Roll in sugar.