JUMPIN JOHNNIES - homemade yeast free donuts - 1853

Tell the kids they are “Mummy’s special donuts”   

You got to LUV EM, best to make a double batch because they will disappear as you cook them and you will not get any.

 

Source: First Catch A Kangaroo  - A letter about food written from the Bendigo goldfields in 1853
for a printable copy of the recipe; with 4 copies on one page to share go to 

 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/71459080/HOME-MADE-DONUTS 

 

3 tblspns sugar

2 eggs

1 cup milk

Grated rind of a lemon

2 ½ cups Self Raising Flour

 icing sugar or cinnamon sugar to roll them in

1 Beat eggs and sugar, add other ingredients and mix well.

2 Heat oil in pan. Test with bread cube.

3 Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture into hot oil.  They will turn themselves. Sometimes they need help!

4 Once brown on both sides, quickly drain on kitchen paper and roll in icing sugar. 

5 Enjoy hot or cold.