Baked Doughnuts

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened

1½ cups sugar 

2 eggs 

3 cups flour 

4½ teaspoons baking powder 

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon nutmeg 

1 cup milk 

½ teaspoon cinnamon 

Instructions

Blend 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter with 1 cup of sugar. Add the eggs and mix well.

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, and add to the butter and sugar mixture. Blend in the milk and mix together thoroughly.

Fill greased doughnut tins 2/3 full. Bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes, or until doughnuts are golden.

Combine remaining 1/2 cup of sugar with the cinnamon. Melt remaining 6 tablespoons of butter. While doughnuts are still warm, roll them in melted butter; then in cinnamon sugar.

Yield 36 doughnuts

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