Potato Cake Doughnuts
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- Number of Servings: 18
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter1 cup mashed potatoes1/2 cup sugar2 eggs2 cups flour2 1/2 tsp baking powder1 tsp salt1/4 tsp nutmeg1/4 tsp cinnamon
1. Add 1/4 cup butter, cut into bits, to 1 cup hot or reheated mashed potatoes and beat until the butter melts. Add 1/2 cup sugar and 2 eggs. Beat well. Toss or sift 2 cups flour with 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon each nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir into potato mixture to make a soft dough that can be handled. Beat with a wooden spoon for a minute.
2. Turn out on a lightly floured board and pat or roll our 1/3 inch thick. Cut with a doughnut cutter (you can fry the holes along with the doughnuts).
3. Melt shortening in a saucepan to make a 3 to 4 inch layer of fat; or use oil. Heat the fat to 360°F. Lift the doughnuts with a spatula and slide them gently into the fat. Cook as many at a time as you can without crowding the pan. When the doughnuts come to the surface of the fat, turn them with a long handled fork. Fry until the bottom is richly browned, then turn again and brown the top. Lift from the fat with a fork, drain, and lay on a paper towel to drain thoroughly.
4. Serve warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar or coated with a mixture of granulated sugar and cinnamon.
5. These keep well, wrapped in plastic or foil in the refrigerator.
Serving Size: Makes about 1 & 1/2 dozen
Number of Servings: 18
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARSHALYNN952.
2. Turn out on a lightly floured board and pat or roll our 1/3 inch thick. Cut with a doughnut cutter (you can fry the holes along with the doughnuts).
3. Melt shortening in a saucepan to make a 3 to 4 inch layer of fat; or use oil. Heat the fat to 360°F. Lift the doughnuts with a spatula and slide them gently into the fat. Cook as many at a time as you can without crowding the pan. When the doughnuts come to the surface of the fat, turn them with a long handled fork. Fry until the bottom is richly browned, then turn again and brown the top. Lift from the fat with a fork, drain, and lay on a paper towel to drain thoroughly.
4. Serve warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar or coated with a mixture of granulated sugar and cinnamon.
5. These keep well, wrapped in plastic or foil in the refrigerator.
Serving Size: Makes about 1 & 1/2 dozen
Number of Servings: 18
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARSHALYNN952.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 105.1
- Total Fat: 3.1 g
- Cholesterol: 26.1 mg
- Sodium: 226.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 17.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 2.2 g
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