French Canadian (?) Doughnut Recipe

Ingredients:
​1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp corn oil
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (alternatively butter or lard depending on whether or not you are my great-grandmother)
3.5 cups of flour
4 tsp baking powder
.5 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg

Instructions:
Combine ingredients
Beat batter and roll onto floured countertop
Knead until no longer sticky
Let rest overnight
Roll out batter until 1/4" thickness
Cut into world-famous doughnut shape
Heat oil to 450*
Put doughnut in oil until brown, then flip and keep in oil until other side is brown
Take out and let rest until edible

This is not an especially practical recipe. Not only does it contain little to no nutritional value, it takes a large amount of time to prepare. The recipe does have the advantage of being pretty cheap to prepare and quite filling. This meal mostly contains processed foods which are not recommended for nutritious eating. The only non-processed ingredient that is included in this recipe is nutmeg, and I would not call nutmeg a beacon of health and vitamins. Certainly a teaspoon of anything is not enough to make a literal donut into a health food. In addition to that, the dough ends up being fried, adding copious amounts of delicious and artery-clogging grease to the meal.

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