Recipe: Old Fashioned Cake Doughnuts

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Old Fashioned Cake Doughnuts
Source: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup Granulated sugar
2 tsp. Baking powder
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Egg; beaten
1 tbsp. Butter; melted
1 3/4 cups White flour, approximately
Vegetable shortening or oil for frying
Confectioners' sugar OR Granulated sugar

FOR CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS
1/2 cup Cocoa powder

Mix the milk, granulated sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, salt, egg, and butter in a large bowl. Add the flour gradually, using just enough so that the dough is firm enough to handle yet as soft as possible. Cover the dough and chill for about 1 hour. Turn out onto a lightly floured board and knead for a few minutes. Roll out about 1/2-inch thick. Cut with a doughnut cutter or sharp knife into 3-inch rounds, cutting out and saving the centers (which can also be fried). Place on a lightly floured piece of wax paper and let rest for about 5 minutes. Using a heavy pan and a thermometer, heat about 4 inches of shortening or oil to 360 F. Fry three or four doughnuts at a time, turning them with a fork or tongs when one side is browned and continuing to fry until brown all over. Drain on paper towels and dust with sugar.

Crullers:
Prepare the batter for Doughnuts. Roll it out 1/3 inch thick. Cut it in strips 8 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. Let rest for 10 minutes, then twist each strip several times and pinch the ends. Fry, drain, and roll in sugar.

Chocolate Doughnuts:
Mix cocoa with the flour. Dust the drained doughnuts with sugar or spread with frosting.