I have been in charge of making fried dough as a fund raiser for our Cub Scout Pack for the last 8 years. We do this at a 4th of July celebration at our town. This is the third year using this recipe, and we have to make more each year, because we always sell out. The first year we made 80 pounds, the second year we made 120 pounds, and this year we made 180 pounds of dough. We have to borrow a commercial mixer at our local nursing home to mix up the dough. I increased the recipe 50 times to make 40 pounds of dough each batch. The results are: 25 lbs of flour, 12 oz of baking powder, 3/4 cup of salt, 3lbs of butter, 1 3/4 gallons of warm water. We also add 3 cups of sugar to the recipe. At the event, we have a crew pulling the dough out, a crew frying the dough, and a crew selling it. The lines are 20 deep just before the fireworks are about to go off. It has always been a success. Thanks for the great recipe.

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