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Ingredients
| granulated sugar: 1 cup |
| household shortening: 3 Tbl |
| baking powder: 1 tsp |
| baking soda: 1 tsp |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 1/2 cups |
| eggs: 2 |
| ground cinnamon: 1 tsp |
| whole nutmeg: 1/2 tsp |
| buttermilk: 1 cup |
| salt: 1 dash |
Michael's Great-Grandmother's Fry Cakes
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Prep Time
30 min -
Cook Time
3 min -
Servings
30 serving(s)
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- Oil temperature should be at 375 degrees F.
- Add baking soda to the buttermilk. Let set while preparing the next steps.
- In a large bowl mix the sugar, crisco and egg.
- Add the baking powder, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to the flour in small bowl.
- Mix flour mixture and buttermilk alternately into egg mixture until mixture holds together. Add a little more flour if needed.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until it springs back when pushed inches.
- Roll out, cut with a doughnut cutter.
- Drop in hot crisco, which has been heated to 375 F for about 3 minutes.
- Turn the doughnuts after they come to the surface of grease (about 1 1/2 minutes) and cook other side (about 1 1/2 minutes).
- Drain on paper towels.