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Original Donut Recipe
Original
WWI Donut Recipe
The Original recipe for
donuts as made by the Salvation Army Lassies in WWI
Why not try them as a fundraiser for your corps? |
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WWI Donut Recipe -
Makes approximately 15 - 20 donuts
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Ingredients:
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4 cups plain
flour |
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1½ tsp salt |
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½ tsp butter |
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4 tsp baking
powder |
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1 cup sugar |
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1 cup milk |
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1 egg |
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¼ tsp cinnamon |
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¼ tsp nutmeg |
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Method:
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Put flour in shallow pan, add salt, baking powder, and Sugar.
Rub in butter with fingertips.
Add the well beaten egg and milk and stir thoroughly.
Toss on floured board, roll to one-fourth inch in thickness,
shape, fry, and drain.
No where does it say what to do with the cinnamon and nutmeg.
When I made them I mixed it with super fine (caster) sugar and
used it to 'dust' the donuts with after they were cooked.
Much to my surprise these turned out very well and taste pretty
good!!
Note: I have had some comments regarding this recipe
concerning the amount of butter - or rather the lack of it! :-) To
save any confusion, no, this is not a typo on my part. Butter was
a scarce commodity during WWI and therefore they used what they
had, in this case not a lot! Believe me, the recipe does work and
the picture above is of the donuts I made by following the above
recipe.
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