Best Donuts Sweet Milk Pre 1940s Recipes

DONUTS (SWEET MILK) PRE-1940'S

Steps:

• Cream Fat, add sugar, add milk and well beaten eggs.
• Add 3 cups flour mixed and sifted with dry ingredients, then more flour to make dough just stiff enough to roll.
• With knife, toss about 1/3 of the dough on lightly floured board, knead slightly to make smooth.
• Roll thickness to about 1/2 inch.
• Use floured spatula freely to prevent dough from sticking to board.
• Cut with floured doghnut cutter.
• Fry in deep fat about 2 minutes, they should come quickly to the top.
• Brown on one side then brown on the other side. Turn but once.
• Drain over fat and then on absorbent paper.
• When partly cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar.

ORIGINAL SALVATION ARMY ...WORLD WAR 1 DONUT

Steps:

• 1. Beat eggs light, add sugar, melted butter and add the dry ingredients with the milk.
• 2. Knead and shape. Cut with a donut cutter: Drop into hot shortening and fry until golden brown.
• 3. Drain on brown paper bags.

WATKINS DOUGHNUTS WITH SWEET MILK

Steps:

• Beat the sugar into the eggs stir in milk and melted butter.
• Add the sifted dry ingredients.
• This dough is soft but will be light. Take 1/3 dough onto floured board and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with floured doughnut cutter. Fry in deep hot fat for 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towel.

CREAM OF CELERY SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and scrape celery and cut into 1-inch pieces.
• Add water and cook until very soft and tender.
• Rub through sieve.
• Heat milk in a double boiler and add milk to celery.
• Melt fat and flour and seasoning and mix with soup.