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    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    Amish Mashed Potato Doughnuts

    Published: Jun 5, 2015 · Updated: Jun 5, 2015 by Kevin Williams | 4 Comments

    Amish Mashed Potato Doughnuts

    Amish Mashed Potato Doughnuts

    By Kevin Williams

    Homemade doughnuts are common in Amish kitchens, an easy,sweet staple to start the day or to celebrate an occasion.  I remember once visiting an Amish home in rural Michigan (It was Valentine's Day) and the Amish woman had made heart-shaped glazed-doughnuts which were on a wooden rack (much like the photo pictured here) dripping hot glaze.  She offered me one and wow, oh wow, they were amazing.  I wish I had had my camera with me at the time,because the heart-shaped treats would have made a great photo.

    These are some doughnuts I sampled at an Amish benefit.  They are a fluffy glazed doughnut with bulk added to them by incorporating mashed potatoes into the ingredients.  As you can image, I sampled plenty of these puppies also.   Yum!

    Today - June 5 - is National Doughnut Day.  Unlike many food "holidays", this day is actually deeply steeped in tradition.  Read more about Doughnut Day here.

    Amish Mashed Potato Doughnuts
     
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    Prep time
    1 hour
    Cook time
    2 mins
    Total time
    1 hour 2 mins
     
    Serves: 2 dozen
    Ingredients
    • ½ c. shortening
    • ½ c. sugar
    • 1 tsp. salt
    • 6½ c. flour
    • 3 egg yolks
    • ½ c. mashed potatoes
    • 2 c. scalded milk
    • 2 cakes yeast
    • 1 tsp. nutmeg
    • Glaze:
    • 3 tablespoons water
    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    Instructions
    1. Blend shortening into sifted dry ingredients
    2. Combine egg yolks with potatoes.
    3. Add to dry ingredients.
    4. Add yeast to cooled milk.
    5. Gradually blend into other mixture.
    6. Let rise for 40 minutes.
    7. Cut and let rise again.
    8. Roll dough ⅜-inch thick.
    9. Fry in hot fat until each side is golden, about 1 minute on each side.
    10. Mix glaze ingredients in a bowl and then dip hot doughnuts into the glaze and cool.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Renita

      June 05, 2015 at 9:54 am

      This brings back memories, my mom used to make us mashed potato doughnuts, mmmmmm

      Reply
      • Kevin

        June 05, 2015 at 9:56 am

        Yum!:)

        Reply
    2. Janet Cromer

      August 25, 2016 at 5:26 pm

      I have never tried to make donuts but I have an Aunt that will be 99 in December and we used to have a lady that made then and they were wonderful and this sounds pretty easy although I have been cooking it seems like forever I just tried my first strawberry pie and it looks like a disaster but I am going to serve it anyhow. So now I am going to try donts.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        August 29, 2016 at 2:28 pm

        Good luck with them, Janet. Thanks for stopping by!

        Reply

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