French Doughnuts Recipe

Ingredients

5 Tbsp butter

½ cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp nutmeg

½ cup milk

Coating:

6 Tbsp butter, melted

¾ cup sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin cups. In a bowl, cream the 5 tablespoons of butter and the ½ cup sugar. Add the beaten egg. Mix well. Combine the flour, salt and nutmeg. Add milk to the butter-sugar mixture alternately with the dry ingredients. Fill greased muffin cups half full. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven. While still hot, roll the doughnuts in the melted butter and then in the combined mixture of ¾ cup sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon. Makes 12 doughnuts.

Recipe from The Providence and Rhode Island Cookbook: Big Recipes from the Smallest State by Linda Beaulieu (Globe Pequot, 2005)