Potato Doughnuts

Yield: Recipe makes 2½ doz

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup melted shortening
• 1 cup (packed firmly) mashed potatoes
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon Nutmeg

Directions

1. Beat eggs light, add sugar gradually, stir in melted shortening, add potatoes + milk, Blend well,
2. Sift remaining 4 dry ingredients together. Add to first mixture to make soft dough
3. Chill thoroughly. Roll out about 1/4 inch thick on floured board, cut with cutter
4. Fry in deep hot fat until brown on both sides; Turn only once during frying. Drain on soft paper.

Temperature

• deep hot fat

Equipment

• sifter, floured board, rolling pin, doughnut cutter, deep-frying vessel, turning utensil, and soft paper for draining are named or required by the directions