Michael'S Great-Grandmother'S Fry Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons Crisco
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 1/2 cups flour
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk
1 pinch salt

Preparation

Oil temperature should be at 375 degrees F.
Add baking soda to the buttermilk. Let set while preparing the next steps.
In a large bowl mix the sugar, crisco and egg.
Add the baking powder, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to the flour in small bowl.
Mix flour mixture and buttermilk alternately into egg mixture until mixture holds together. Add a little more flour if needed.
Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until it springs back when pushed inches.
Roll out, cut with a doughnut cutter.
Drop in hot crisco, which has been heated to 375 F for about 3 minutes.
Turn the doughnuts after they come to the surface of grease (about 1 1/2 minutes) and cook other side (about 1 1/2 minutes).
Drain on paper towels.