Spudnuts (2014 SLV Potato Festival) – Penny Baker (Cowboy Up Western Wear)

Penny participated in the 2014 SLV Potato Festival’s Downtown Taste-Testing Tour with this recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 packages yeast
• 1/2 cup  warm water
• 1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
• 8 cups flour, divided
• 3  eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups mashed potatoes
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 teaspoons salt

Instructions

Dissolve yeast in warm water.

Add beaten eggs, then sift 4 cups of flour. Add sugar, and salt and mix.

Add the last 4 cups of flour, milk and mashed potatoes in small amounts, alternating the ingredients until you’ve used them all up.

Let rise in a covered bowl until it’s about double in size.

Knead and roll out. Cut dough with a doughnut cutter.

Let rise until doughnuts double, again, in size.

Fry in deep hot fat.