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Original Salvation Army Donut Recipe & Video Image

Original Salvation Army Donut Recipe & Video

Ingredients:

5 C flour
2 C sugar
5 tsp. baking powder
1 'saltspoon' salt (1/4 tsp.)
2 eggs
1 3/4 C milk
1 tub lard

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients (except for lard) to make dough.
  2. Thoroughly knead dough, roll smooth, and cut into rings that are less than 1/4 inch thick. (When finding items to cut out donut circles, be creative. Salvation Army Donut Girls used whatever they could find, from baking powder cans to coffee percolator tubes.)
  3. Drop the rings into the lard, making sure the fat is hot enough to brown the donuts gradually. Turn the donuts slowly several times.
  4. When browned, remove donuts and allow excess fat to drip off.
  5. Dust with powdered sugar. Let cool and enjoy.

Yield: 4 dozen donuts

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