Bohemian Raised Doughnuts

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 teaspoon yeast
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 3 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons melted lard
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 6 cups flour, approximately

Recipe

• 1 blend yeast with 2 teaspoons sugar.
• 2 add lukewarm milk, sugar, and enough flour to make a thin sponge.
• 3 mix well and let rise in warm spot one hour or until sponge is bubbly and light.
• 4 with a spoon, add eggs, lard, salt, nutmeg, and enough flour enough to make a thick dough.
• 5 let rise until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• 6 put dough on a floured board.
• 7 cut into pieces smaller than egg.
• 8 flour each piece and roll around and around.
• 9 let rise until doubled.
• 10 just before dropping into hot fat, make a hole in middle of each by bringing the thumb and middle finger towards each other through bun and stretching a little.
• 11 fry.
• 12 roll in sugar.