Name: Doughnuts (from Basic Sweet Dough)
Ingredients: 2 pkg yeast; 0.25 cup lukewarm water; 1 cup milk; 0.5 cup sugar; 2 tsp salt; 0.25 cup shortening (Wesson oil); 2 eggs; 5 cup about flour

Breads

8 ingredients

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Ingredients

2 pkg yeast
¼ cup lukewarm water
1 cup milk
½ cup sugar
2 tsp salt
¼ cup shortening (Wesson oil)
2 eggs
5 cup about flour

Method

Soften the yeast in lukewarm water. Scald the milk; add the sugar, salt and shortening. Cool to lukewarm.
Add flour to make a thick batter. Mix well. Add the yeast and eggs. Beat well; add enough more flour to make a soft dough.
Knead until smooth and satiny; let rise until doubled, then shape, fry and finish as doughnuts. (This card is the Basic Sweet Dough base; the doughnut shaping and frying steps are not on the scanned side.)

Notes

The card front is the Basic Sweet Dough recipe used to make doughnuts; the doughnut-specific frying/finishing instructions are not on this scan.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.