Old Fashioned Doughnuts
Source of Recipe
Shells and Lace B&B, Marblehead, MA
List of Ingredients
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
3 Tablespoons butter
6 cups flour or more
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons nutmeg
2 teaspoons ginger
Recipe
With mixer, beat the eggs, sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.
Add buttermilk and mix well. Sift and add flour, soda, nutmeg, and ginger.
Roll out on floured board and cut with doughnut cutter. (Save holes -- don't re-roll.)
Fry in pure lard in iron skillet. Drain on brown paper lined with paper towels.
Roll in plain white sugar or a mixture of cinnamon and sugar while still warm.
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