Doughnuts

Directions

1. 1
   Soften butter with a fork, add sugar and well beaten eggs.
2. 2
   Mix 3 cups of flour with the other dry ingredients and add alternately with milk and mix to the first mixture.
3. 3
   If necessary, add more flour until the dough is soft.
4. 4
   Form a ball and refrigerate 1/2 to one hour to firm.
5. 5
   Roll dough 1/8-inch thick on a slightly floured board or table.
6. 6
   Cut with a pastry cutter in the shape of a doughnut.
7. 7
   When all the doughnuts are shaped and cut, cook in a deep fryer or a large skillet in which three inches of fat or shortening or vegetable oil has been heated to 325° approximately. Place 3 to 4 (depending on the size of the doughnuts and the surface of the frying pot available) gently into the heated fat/oil.
8. 8
   Cook one side until gold color shows on the edge, turn, cook the other side until golden; remove from pot and continue to cook rest of doughnuts.
9. 9
   Makes approximately 50 doughnuts.