Buttons and Bowknots

Ingredients

• 2 cups buttermilk baking mix
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
• ⅓ cup milk
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup butter or margarine, melted
• ½ cup sugar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix thoroughly baking mix, 2 tablespoons sugar, the nutmeg, cinnamon, milk and egg.
3. Beat vigorously 20 strokes.
4. Round up dough on lightly floured cloth-covered board; knead 5 times.
5. Roll ½ inch thick.
6. Cut with floured doughnut cutter
7. To make Bowknots, hold opposite sides of each ring with fingers and twist to form figure “8.”
8. Place “holes” (Buttons) and Bowknots on ungreased baking sheet.
9. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
10. Immediately after baking, dip each Button and Bowknot into melted butter, then into sugar.