Drop doughnuts

36 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Mashed potatoes (mashed with milk and butter)
¼ cup Sugar
1 Egg; beaten
½ cup Sour cream
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
1½ cup All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Baking soda
¼ teaspoon Baking powder
Cooking oil for deep-fat frying
Additional sugar OR confectioners' sugar, optional

Directions

In a bowl, combine potatoes, sugar, egg, sour cream and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; stir into potato mixture. Heat oil in an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer to 375F. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 5 to 6 at a time, into hot oil. Fry for 1 minute per side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Roll in sugar if desired. Serve immediately.

YIELD: 3 to 3½ dozen

Recipe by: Marilyn Kleinfall (ToH Oct/Nov 96) Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #192 by Sean Coate <swcoate@...> on Aug 16, 1997

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