Memere Rheault's "Beignes" --- Donuts
Submitted by Judy Cadorette

Description:

My husband has talked about his grandmother's donuts for many years and recently Mrs. C. (his mom) passed on the recipe to me.   It's handwritten by Memere Rheault and is in French, so I'll try to translate.   Caution: I haven't tried it yet.   If you do, please let me know how they come out.

Ingredients:

1 oeuf...............1 egg
1 bole de sucre.....1 cup sugar
3/4 cuilere a the de sel.........3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cuilere a the de nutmeg...3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 bole de lai sur..?...1 cup of sour milk ??????? Hmmmm
1 cuilere a table de graise fondu....I tablespoon oil
De la fleur assez for epaisir.....add flour to thicken
1 cuilere a the de soda....1 teaspoon soda.
Ok, folks, give it a try and let me know what happens.

Directions:

That's all the recipe says.   I'm assuming we all know how to form donuts

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February 2004