French Doughnuts

• 5 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 cup milk
• Coating:
• 6 Tbsp butter, melted
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin cups. In a bowl, cream the 5 tablespoons of butter and the 1/2 cup sugar. Add the beaten egg. Mix well. Combine the flour, salt and nutmeg. Add milk to the butter-sugar mixture alternately with the dry ingredients. Fill greased muffin cups half full. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
2. Remove the pan from the oven. While still hot, roll the doughnuts in the melted butter and then in the combined mixture of 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon. Makes 12 doughnuts.
3. Recipe from The Providence and Rhode Island Cookbook: Big Recipes from the Smallest State by Linda Beaulieu (Globe Pequot, 2005)

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/french-doughnuts-50144519 (may not work)