BANANA VELVET DOUGHNUTS

2 1/2 c Flour

2 1/2 ts Baking powder

1/2 ts Baking soda

1/4 ts Nutmeg

1/2 ts Salt2 Egg

1/2 c Honey

1 Banana

2 tb Butter or margarine

1/2 c Sour cream

1/2 ts VanillaFat for deep frying

Sift together dry ingredients. Beat eggs until light.Add honey gradually and continue beating until wellmixed. Beat in mashed banana, butter, sour cream andvanilla. Stir in flour mixture. (Dough should besoft.) Chill 2 hours or longer. Roll out on flouredboard about 1/4-inch thick. Cut with doughnut cutter.In deep fat heated to 370 F, fry a few at a time. (Frythe holes as well as the doughnuts.) Turn doughnutswhen they rise to the surface and are brown on theunderside. Fry until brown on both sides. Remove fromfat and drain thoroughly.

Note: May form into long rolls and twist together toform crullers, cutting off every 2 inches.