Homemade Yeast Doughnuts Recipe | Alton Brown

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 2 packages active dry yeast
• 1/3 cup warm water, 95 to 105ºF
• 2 ounces sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 26 ounces all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting surface
• 2 to 4 quarts peanut or vegetable oil, for frying