Pumpkin Doughnuts

� cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1� teaspoons vanilla
� teaspoon butter flavoring
� cup buttermilk
5 cups flour, sifted
4 teaspoons baking powder
1� teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Combine pumpkin, flavorings and buttermilk and add to creamed mixture alternately with sifted dry ingredients.

Roll out on lightly floured pastry cloth. Cut with doughnut cutter.

Let stand about 15 minutes and fry in hot deep fat (360 to 375�) about 3 minutes on each side.

Makes four to four and one half dozen.

AUTHOR: macklinda