LILLIAN'S PLAIN DOUGHNUTS

1 tablespoon shortening
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, well beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour milk*
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
oil (for frying)
maple syrup (for serving)

Cream together shortening, sugar and salt; add egg. Stir the baking soda into the sour milk and add to creamed mixture. Add flour and baking powder; mix until smooth.

Press out on floured board. Cut off strips. Roll with hands, twist into figure eights.

Fry in deep hot fat at 375 degrees F.

Serve with maple syrup.

*Combine 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 cup milk to make sour milk.

Adapted from source: Yankee Magazine, October 1985