Baked Yeast Doughnuts Recipe - yeast

Method

• Dissolve yeast in the lukewarm water.
• Add in butter to scalded lowfat milk and cold to lukewarm.
• Add in yeast.
• Beat Large eggs; add in sugar and beat again; add in to lowfat milk.
• Add in salt, nutmeg and beat in thoroughly, adding sufficient flour to make a very soft dough.
• Cover and let rise in hot place till double in bulk.
• Or possibly let rise in refrigerator till double in bulk, about 3 1/2 hrs.
• Cut with a well-floured doughnut cutter or possibly cut in rectangles about 1 1/2 inch wide and 4 inches long.
• Place about 2 inches apart on well greased cookie sheet.
• Brush well with the melted butter or possibly margarine.
• Let rise in hot place till double in bulk.
• Bake in 425 degree oven about 12 min or possibly till lightly browned.
• Roll in sugar or possibly frost with powdered sugar frosting.
• Makes 3 dozen.
• I use the canned frosting a lot.
• I tint it orange for Halloween or possibly red for Christmas or possibly Valentine Day or possibly I use chocolate frosting.
• I dip them in coconut or possibly finely minced nuts after I frost them, you can also dip them in sprinkles for Christmas.
• If you want to make maple bars , just use maple flavoring in the frosting and they taste just like the maple bars you buy in the bakery.