Greta's Buttermilk Doughnuts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 2 eggs
• 3 teaspoons melted butter, cooled
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup cream
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• oil (4 inches) or melted shortening, to deep fry (4 inches)

Recipe

• 1 beat eggs and add cooled melted butter.
• 2 mix well and add sugar and vanilla.
• 3 add dry ingredients and mix.
• 4 add cream and buttermilk.
• 5 cover and leave in the fridge for several hours or overnight.
• 6 spoon out 1/2 mixture to a lightly floured surface.
• 7 return dough to fridge to chill.
• 8 dust rolling pin with flour and roll out to 1/2 in thick.
• 9 cut out and fry.
• 10 fry these at 360 f in cast iron dutch oven or other fryer.
• 11 turn once.
• 12 drain on several layer of paper toweling.
• 13 repeat.
• 14 makes 18 doughnuts & 18 doughnut holes.
• 15 these freeze really well (w/o sugar dusting).
• 16 while hot, roll in sugar if you like but these are really good plain.