Fried Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnuts

"This is the original Crisco doughnuts recipe. I found it in an ad in the October 1916 issue of American Cookery. Cooking time is per doughnut."
 
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Ready In:
36mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
20-25 doughnuts
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cream sugar and shortening together. Add beaten eggs.
  • Mix and sift dry ingredients.
  • Add alternately with milk to the first mixture. Mixture should be very soft.
  • Form into a ball, place on a well floured board and roll to one-half inch thickness. Cut and fry in hot oil.

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  1. yummy, fast and easy, this was a relatively quick breakfast for something different and all 4 kids asked for it to be a regular. i did let my oil get a little too hot ( we have VERY sensitive smoke detectors, they go off with eggs) but even then they were really good. thanks for sharing i love these recipes that come from old cook books.
     
  2. This is an excellent and VERY SIMPLE recipe. I have tried several others but this is the best!! I set my deep fryer at 375 degrees.
     
  3. I have been making and eating this kind of Doughnut since I was a child,these are by far the very best.. I did add ground cloves,nutmeg and cinnamin.
     
  4. My oldest son & I made these one morning after church. What a delicious treat--the food and my teenaged son actually wanting to do something with me!! I'm not sure why, but the dough came out very sticky. We added about 2/3 cup of flour to reduce the stickiness enough to allow for rolling out doughnut holes. The dough waiting to be fried began rising as we cooked the other batches. That was interesting! :-) We rolled the cooled holes in cinnamon sugar, and they were gone before we could even get the next batch made. Definitely a hit and a keeper. Next time, I think I'll try stirring cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves (a fave combo) into the batter. Thanks for posting!
     
  5. These were easy to make, and made up fast in response to a breakfast request for doughnuts. Not only easy, but quite delicous too...thank you so much for a wonderful recipe.
     
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