Day 1 - Christmas Donuts

The 13 Days of Victory Kitchen Christmas

Christmas Donuts

Happy Christmas! I found this lovely poem in one of my wartime magazines and wanted to share it with you before we get to the recipe. It shares such sweet sentiments about a woman’s efforts to create Christmas in her home with her son in mind who is fighting far away.

Letter

Dear son, I’m sure you will

Be glad to know

We have hung holly wreaths

And trimmed a tree, as though

This Christmas were no different

From all others.

Mary has baked a raisin

Cake, and brother’s Small stocking hangs before

The fireplace, wide.

The snow lies deep and white outside.

Dad’s roasting nuts and polishing Red apples. War or no war,

Until that joyous day when I look out

And see you coming up the hill,

We’ll still have Christmas

As you’d want it were you here;

For, while you are away, ours is the task

To keep alive all things that you hold dear!

by Myrtle Vorst Sheppard (from Farm Journal & Farmer’s Wife, Dec 1942)

These Christmas Donuts came from The Sealtest Food Adviser Holiday 1942 edition. You can see the frosted, festive donuts on left in the cover image! Mine don’t look nearly as polished, but I think they tasted fabulous. The added mashed potato to the dough made them really soft with such a great texture.

Sealtest Food Advisor, December 1942

To decorate the donuts I used green and red maraschino cherries. I think they tasted great on the donuts! When frying the donuts I felt the magic temperature for the oil was 360°F. I also used cinnamon in the dough to add some extra cozy spiciness.

These donuts were so yummy. I would definitely make them again!

Thank you so much for joining me on this 13 Day Victory Kitchen Christmas! I had so much fun trying new wartime holiday recipes, and I hope you found a few that you’ll try! Wishing you the very best Christmas and a Happy New Year!