Mom’s Mashed Potato Doughnuts
Ingredients
- 2 cups hot mashed potatoes (mashed with milk and butter)
- 2½ cups sugar
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 T. butter or margarine, melted
- 2 t. baking soda
- 1 t. ground nutmeg
- ½ t. salt
- 6½ to 7 cups all-purpose flour (or more as needed)
- Vegetable oil
Directions
In a large bowl, combine potatoes, sugar, buttermilk and eggs. Stir in butter, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, salt and enough flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Pat out to ¾-inch thickness. Cut with a 2½-inch floured doughnut cutter. In a Dutch oven, heat 2½ inches of vegetable oil to 375 F. Fry 4 to 6 doughnuts at a time, for about 2 minutes on each side. Place on paper towels to drain. Makes 4 dozen doughnuts. Decorate doughnuts as desired.
Katherine Miller, Fremont
