COUSIN SARAH’S DOUGHNUTS

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon Arm & Hammer Brand or Cow Brand Baking Soda
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons vinegar and sweet milk to make 1/2 cup

Sift flour, soda, nutmeg, and salt together.

Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, continue creaming. Add egg, beat well. Add vanilla. Add combined vinegar and milk alternately with dry ingredients; stir only until well blended.

Roll small quantities of the dough at a time, about 1/2 inch thick. Cut doughnuts (2 1/2-inch cutter) and let stand about 10 minutes.

Fry in hot fat (365 degrees F.) to delicate brown. Turn once. (Fry only 4 or 5 doughnuts at a time so fat will not cool unduly.) Drain on absorbent paper.

Makes about 1 1/2 dozen doughnuts
Source:
Recipe Booklet - New Fashioned Old Fashioned Recipes, Church and Dwight Co., Inc., 1949