Donuts

Recipe provided by my mom, Rita Doddema.

Ingredients:

•     3 Eggs
•     1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
•     1 cup Sugar
•     6 ¼ cup self-rising flour
•     ½ teaspoon Nutmeg
•     3 tablespoons Shortening

Directions:

•     Beat eggs until thick and lemon color
•     Add and beat in sugar
•     Add nutmeg
•     Add melted shortening
•     Add flour alternately with milk using only enough flour to make a soft dough.
•     Roll out dough to ¼ inch thick
•     Cut with doughnut cutter
•     Fry in deep fat 375 degrees until brown turning once

*This recipe makes about 3 dozen donuts