INGREDIENTS
Servings: 18
White vinegar
2 tbsp.
Milk
3/8 cup
Shortening
2 tbsp.
White sugar
½ cup
1 egg
Vanilla extract
½ tsp.
All-purpose flour
2 cups, sifted
Baking soda
½ tsp.
Salt
¼ tsp.
Oil for deep frying
1 quart
Confectioners’ sugar
½ cup, for dusting
Easiest Doughnuts
Prep:
15 m
Cook:
20 m
Ready in:
35 m
DIRECTIONS
  1. Add vinegar to milk, stir well, and let it stand for several minutes until thick.
  2. Combine the shortening and sugar in a medium-sized bowl and cream until smooth.
  3. Add egg and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.
  4. Sift together flour, soda, and salt and stir this mixture into the sugar mixture alteration it with vinegar-milk mixture.
  5.  Flour a flat surface and roll the dough on it until it’s 1*/3 inch thick.
  6. Use a doughnut cutter to cut doughnuts and let them stand for about 10 minutes.
  7. Take a large deep skillet, add oil, and heat it to 375° F/190° C.
  8. Fry doughnuts until golden turning them over once.
  9. Drain them on paper towels and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
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