Potato Donuts
By: Miranda Couse
Published: Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 1:50pm

Ingredients




mashed potatoes, yeast, milk, flour, butter

Preparation

1 Dissolve yeast in the ¼ cup warm water. Add a teaspoon of sugar and stir. Let it sit for 10 minutes until foamy. This will mean your yeast is activated. 2 In a saucepan, add in the milk, shortening, sugar and salt. Turn on heat to medium/high. Let it come to almost a bubble. Once the milk starts to form bubbles on the outer edge, remove from the heat and let cool to luke warm. 3 Add the milk mixture, yeast, mashed potatoes, and beaten eggs into a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine. 4 Add in the 5 cups of flour and stir until most of the flour is incorporated. Remove the dough from the bowl onto a clean work surface and work in the rest of the dough. Knead the dough until smooth. It will be a soft dough. 5 Place 1 tablespoon of oil into a bowl. Add the dough and roll it into the oil to coat it. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm area until doubled. It will take about 1 hour and 30 minutes. 6 Lightly flour a clean surface. Turn the dough out onto the the floured surface and roll out to about ½ inch thickness. Cut with 3 or 4 inch donut cutter. 7 Place the cut out donuts onto two cookie sheets that have been greased with non-stick cooking spray. I normally lay a piece of parchment paper down onto the cookie sheet and then spray that with non-stick cooking spray. The parchment paper isn't necessary. 8 Cover the donuts with the plastic wrap and let it rise until doubled. This will take about 30 minutes. 9 While the donuts are rising for the second time, add the 3 cups of oil into a large saucepan and let it heat to 350 degrees. 10 Once the donuts are doubled and the oil is up to temperature, add 1 to 2 donuts into the oil. Let the donuts fry for about 2 minutes until golden brown. Flip and let fry for another minute to two minutes until that side is golden brown. 11 Remove from the oil and place on a wire rack to drain. 12 Place the granulated sugar and cinnamon in a storage back or paper bag. Toss the hot donuts in with the cinnamon and sugar. 13 Best if ate fresh.

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Potato Donuts - amazing tasting deep fried donuts using mashed potatoes!