On our trip to Arizona, we were able to do so many fun things. One of the things that was at the top of my list was to make Mashed Potato Doughnuts with my Aunt, Snowflake and Pumpkin.
When I was young, my Aunt and Uncle did so many fun things with myself and my brother. I have many good memories of all the things we did with them. One of those things was my making potato doughnuts with my Aunt. I remember having fun making them and of course they were delicious to eat!
We managed to find some time to make doughnuts with my Aunt on our trip. I am so glad we did. It was a fun experience with Snowflake, Pumpkin, myself and my Aunt. It was interesting to make them as an adult and have that perspective as well.
Mix up your dough. (Recipe is below)
Roll the dough out to about 1/2″ thickness.
Cut the doughnuts out. My Aunt found this antique doughnut cutter. I remember back in the day, we used a glass to cut the doughnuts and a funnel to cut out the holes. Whatever you have will work.
In our case, we were making a lot of batches…so you may be at this for a while. Pumpkin (my 5 year old) lasted the shortest and moved on to play with Lego’s. Snowflake(my 10 year old) actually lasted a long time, I was impressed. She seemed to enjoy cutting out the doughnuts – or maybe it was that no one was yelling at her for making a huge mess like at home…not sure which. 😉
As you can see from the pictures, my Aunt sure didn’t mind us destroying her house. I think I like making doughnuts at her house rather than at my house because I get a little uptight about such things as much as I try not to. Thanks Aunt ‘K’ for letting us make a huge mess at your house!
Ready to be fried! We even made a few ‘fun shaped’ doughnuts.
Into the fryer they go. This was my job. I am not sure why I picked to stand by the hot fryer for a couple of hours on a day it was 112 degrees, but I did. I never did get to do this part as a kid, so maybe that is why or maybe it was that it was away from the mess my kiddos were making. Lol! (I did help clean up…just so I don’t sound like we made a mess and ran. After which margaritas and Mexican food were in order…yum!)
Fry them up until they are golden brown. Add your favorite topping. The recipe below suggests granulated sugar or cinnamon sugar. I am sure those would be quite tasty but we went with what we had done when I was a kid, powdered sugar.
Eat and Enjoy!
Mashed Potato Doughnuts
- Recipe Source – King Arthur Flour: Mashed Potato DoughnutsUsed with full permission for reprint from King Arthur Flour
- 2 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg (we omitted this and added vanilla in a batch or two instead)
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup mashed potato
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 quarts (3 pounds) lard, shortening, or vegetable oil, for frying
coating
- granulated sugar or cinnamon sugar, for coating
Directions
1) Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and nutmeg. Set aside.
2) In a separate bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar. Add the eggs and mashed potatoes to the shortening mix.
3) Measure out the milk. Add the flour mixture and milk alternately to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
4) The resulting dough will be quite soft, more like a drop-biscuit dough instead of a “rollable” dough. The dough can be covered and refrigerated overnight, if desired. (We did not refrigerate overnight)
5) Turn the dough out onto a very well floured surface and knead a few times to make it stiff enough to roll with a rolling pin. Roll the dough using a well-floured rolling pin until it’s about 1/2″ thick. Dip a doughnut cutter in flour (each time you cut), and cut out the doughnuts. Save the holes; or re-roll them with leftover dough. Try to handle the dough as little as possible; the less you work the dough, the more tender the doughnuts will be.
6) Heat the fat to 365°F. Test the temperature with a thermometer; or with a slice of bread, as follows: lower half a slice of bread into the hot fat. If it takes 1 minute for the bottom side to brown nicely, the fat is at the best temperature for frying doughnuts.
7) Fry doughnuts about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on brown paper bags or paper towels. Check one of the fried donuts after it is cooled to be sure the center is cooked through.
8) While still warm, shake doughnuts in cinnamon-sugar or plain granulated sugar.
Yield: About 2 dozen doughnuts (plus holes), depending on the size of the cutter.
There is also a King Arthur Flour blog post about making these doughnuts. You can check it out here.
Thank you King Arthur for allowing me to share this recipe!
Read other posts about our trip to Arizona:
Arizona Road Racers Summer Series 5k
An Arizona Wedding
2 Arizona Canyons (The Grand Canyon and Walnut Canyon)
Arizona Hiking (and a Museum)
An Arizona Wedding
2 Arizona Canyons (The Grand Canyon and Walnut Canyon)
Arizona Hiking (and a Museum)
Blogs I’ve linked up with:
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Yes, so glad my Aunt didn’t seem to care in the slightest because my kids sure made a mess. Thanks so much for stopping by!
What a fun and delicious thing to do…I am with you on the mess! Hooray for a fun aunt’s house to get flour all over:-)
A Proverbs 31 Wife They are so yummy! I hope you enjoy them when you try them. Thanks for pinning them!
@ca4ole Thanks!
They are so good! Especially when made with cute girls and a great Aunt! Thanks for hosting your fantastic party each week!
Iris I love potatoes, but I must admit that just hearing about adding potatoes to a doughnut sounds odd. It is so good though!
OMW! That looks soooo yummy and not it it so pinned!
this is great. Found you via the live laugh linky. I have linked in a beef dish. Have a super day.
De-LICIOUS!!! Those look so good! And made with mashed potatoes! AWESOME! Thanks for linking up to “Strut Your Stuff Saturday!” We hope to see you again! -The Sisters
Wow, I’ve never heard of mashed potatoe donuts- but they look good! I’m so glad that you have old family memories like that, they are always such a treasure when passed down. Hey, if you have a second I’d love for you to link up to Sweet Sharing Monday! https://saynotsweetanne.com/2012/sweet-sharing-monday-11/
I normally do not like potatoes but this looks yummy!! 🙂
@Jenny Thanks so much for sharing this with your readers! and Thanks for hosting Whimsy Wednesdays!
@Carrie @ My Favorite Finds Thanks so much and Thanks for hosting Must Try Monday! Yes the recipes with all the memories are usually the best! 🙂
These look and sound fabulous. I’m sharing on my facebook page. Thanks so much for sharing at Whimsy Wednesdays.
That’s a great family memory! Thanks for sharing these at Must Try Monday. Those homey, traditional recipes are the best ones!
@Carol Moyer <3
Thanks for sharing the wonderful time down memory lane you and girls had with Aunt Kathy.
@Kristen Thanks so much. We did have fun making them. Have a great weekend!
@Erin It was fun! Thanks!
This is just so creative and clever!!!! Looks like your family had a great time making them!!!! Your blog is adorable!!! found you on six sisters. come visit me sometime!!
How fun! And they look wonderful!
@Laurel@Ducks in a Row Yes it sure is! Thanks for visiting!
What a fun memory to have!
These look so good, I was wondering if you would link it in my Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop. Here is the link:
https://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/06/natural-aftershave-and-wednesdays.html
I would love to have anything that you would like to link.
Sincerely,
Debi Bolocofsky
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
Adorned From Above
Those look great! I have never made doughnuts before but now I might try. The kids look like they had a great time, I know my kids would too. I’m your newest follower on GFC.
Have a wonderful day
Rose @ https://www.arosiesweethome.com/
That looks delicious! Found you through the link up and I am your newest follower! Check out Mostwhatmatters.blogspot.com when you get a chance and let me know what ya think!
Hey girlie! Just a quick thank you for linking up last week! And you were one of the most viewed links last week! Check it out tomorrow 🙂
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KC, this is lovely. It would be great if you linked it to Food on Friday: Potatoes. The showcases from this Food on Friday have not yet been selected. This link will take you to my home page where you will find a sidebar with links to all the different Food on Fridays. So that I know you have linked and can be sure to pin to the board I have for each one, please do leave a short comment. Cheers
Thank you!
KC