To Alice in Central Illinois regarding the fried bread dough. My Mom made fried bread dough and I have her very old cookbook with the recipe.

Doughnuts
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons melted shortening
2 eggs
4 cups sifted flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup milk

Add sugar to melted shortening and beat thoroughly. Beat eggs and add to sugar. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk to sugar mixture. Roll 1/4 inch thick on floured board. Cut with doughnut cutter and fry a few at a time in hot deep fat (360 F) turning once. Drain on absorbent paper. Makes 24. Notes: My Mom didn't use a doughnut cutter, she rolled the dough out, cut in into short strips and stretched each piece and put it in the hot fat. After flipping once and draining on paper towels, she would dust them with cinnamon sugar.

I've made them over the years, too, but have used frozen bread dough - just let the dough thaw overnight in the refrigerator and follow the above directions.
Janet2 in PA

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