Easy Homemade Donuts

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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.

Roxy Easy Homemade Donuts

Ingredients required
2/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons melted shortening
2 eggs
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 cups flour
2/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon nutmeg

Preheat fat 365 degrees

Instructions for Roxy Easy Homemade Donuts

Sift dry ingredients, add melted shortening. Add the milk and vanilla to the beaten eggs and combine the mixtures. Knead lightly. Roll lightly on well floured board 1/4 inch thick. Cut with doughnut cutter, and fry in deep, hot fat. Drain on unglazed brown paper. Baking time 4 to 5 minutes at 365 degrees.

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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