Grandma's donuts
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | sugar |
| ⅓ | teaspoon | salt |
| 1 | each | egg |
| 1 | teaspoon | vanilla |
| 1 | tablespoon | lard or butter |
| 2½ | cup | flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | baking soda |
| ¾ | cup | buttermilk |
| 1 | cup | powdered sugar |
Directions
Beat sugar, salt and egg together. Add vanilla and fat, and cream into sugar. In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda and buttermilk.
Stir two mixtures together. Place on floured surface and flatten to ¼-inch. Cut into 4-inch rounds and cut out 1-inch centers.
Drop into hot oil in a skillet, and brown on each side. Drain on paper towels. Coat warm donuts with powdered sugar, if desired.
Makes 1 batch.