Hitch Doughnuts

• 1/2 cake of yeast
• 1 pint warm water
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• Flour as needed

Doughnuts:

• 1 pint sponge
• 1 cup melted lard
• 4 eggs
• 1 pint milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Nutmeg to taste
• Flour as needed

Directions:

To make sponge: Put 1/2 cake yeast in pint of warm water. Add tablespoon of sugar and add enough flour to make it like bread sponge. Let raise until light.

To Make Doughnuts: Combine sponge, melted lard, eggs, milk, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and flour to make a stiff dough. Let raise until light. Roll dough and cut with doughnut cutter. Let raise a second time to double in size. Deep fat fry doughnut rings. Roll doughnuts in powdered sugar or frost them.

By Robin