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Crullers

Source: FreeRecipe.org

1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
Yolks 2 eggs
Whites 2 eggs
4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
Powdered sugar and cinnamon

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, yolks of eggs well beaten, and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Mix flour, nutmeg, and baking powder; add alternately with milk to first mixture; toss on floured board, roll thin, and cut in pieces three inches long by two inches wide; make four one-inch parallel gashes crosswise at equal intervals. Take up by running finger in and out of gashes, and lower into deep fat.