Potato Doughnuts with Vanilla Glaze

By ligibbs

Mom's Recipe--Wilma Ellinger

Ingredients

• Combine 2 cups unseasoned mashed potatoes
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs well beaten
• 2 Tbsp butter (melted)
• Sift Together
• 6 ½ cups sifted flour
• 2 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg (optional)
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• Vanilla Glaze
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 Tbs milk
• 2 Tbs butter

Details

Servings 5

Preparation

Step 1

Add dry ingredients to potato mixture alternately with 1 cup of milk.
Chill dough in refrigerator. Turn out on lightly floured board.
Roll out to ½ inch thickness, handling as little as possible. Cut with floured 3-in doughnut cutter.
Fry a few at a time in deep fryer.
Fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towel. Sprinkle with vanilla glaze.
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Vanilla Glaze Instructions:

Heat milk and butter then blend sugar--
Add 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla.