Yeast Raised Doughnut Recipe



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Yeast Raised Doughnut Recipe


Yeast Raised Doughnut Recipe

   Ingredients required
1 cake yeast
1 tbsp suggar
1 1/4 cup milk scalded and cooled
4 1/2 cup flour
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tablespoon salt
one egg, well beaten
one teaspoon nutmeg

Preheat fat 375 degrees

Instructions for Yeast Raised Doughnut Recipe

   Dissolve yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar in lukewarm milk. Add 1 1/2 cups of flour and beat well. Cover and let rise in warm place about 1 hour until bubbles burst on top. Cream butter and sugar. Add salt, egg and Nutmeg. Add to yeast. Add remaining flour to make moderately soft dough. Knead lately. Place in well greased bowl. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 hours. Place on board when light and cut 1/4 inch thick. Cover and let rise 1 hour. Fry in hot fat 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll in powdered sugar or glaze.

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Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup