Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 C sugar
  • 3 tbsp shortening
  • 1 C + 2 tbsp buttermilk
  • 5 1/4 C flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg, heaping
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon, heaping
  • extra sugar, for topping
  • cinnamon, for topping
  • peanut oil, for frying

Instructions

  1. Beat together the eggs and sugar thoroughly. Add shortening and milk. Sift in dry ingredients. Chill dough for two hours. Roll out dough on a floured board. Punch with doughnut cutter. Deep-fat fry in 6” of oil. Flip after a minute or so. Cook until golden brown. Combine extra sugar and cinnamon. Dip one side of cooked doughnut into extra sugar and cinnamon mixture.
  2. “I made these for many, many years on Halloween.”