Recipe - Glazed Potato Doughnuts

1 cup Milk
One fourth cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Butter or oleo
1 pack Dry yeast
One fourth cup Warm water
Three fourths cup Unseasoned mashed potatoes
2 Eggs
5 One half cup Sifted flour
Salad oil or shortening for
frying
Glaze For Doughnuts
2 2/3 cup Powdered sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
6 tablespoon Water

In small saucepan heat milk until bubble, form around edge of pan, remove
from heat. Add sugar, salt and butter, stir until butter is melted. Let
cool to lukewarm. In large bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water, stir until
dissolved. Add the lukewarm milk mixture, mashed potatoes, eggs and 2 cups
flour. With electric mixer on medium speed beat until smooth, about 2
minutes. With wooden spoon beat in remaining flour, beat until smooth.
Cover, let rise in warm place until double in bulk (about 1 hour). Punch
down dough. Turn on floured board and knead 10 times or until dough is
smooth. Cover, let dough rest 10 minutes. Roll out 1/2inch thick, cut with
floured doughnut cutter. Cover with towel and let rise until double in
bulk, about 45 minutes. Heat oil at 375 degrees. Fry doughnuts 3 or 4 at a
time until brown on both sides, about 3 minutes. Drain well. Make glaze and
spread over doughnuts. Serve doughnuts day they are made.

Recipe by: diane@keyway.net

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 318 by "Diane Geary"
diane@keyway.net on Nov 27, 1997