Chocolate Potato Doughnuts

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 cup cold mashed potatoes (these need to be plain without butter, milk etc.)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 2 tablespoons baking powder (i know, it's a lot)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup sweet milk

Recipe

• 1 stir sugar, butter and potatoes into eggs and beat until creamy.
• 2 sift flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cocoa together.
• 3 alternately add milk and flour to egg mixture.
• 4 chill well for 2+ hours (overnight even).
• 5 roll 1/2 inch thick (*it is best to roll small amounts at a time and keep dough chilled as much as possible. or you can roll, cut and return doughnut to fridge to keep chilled before frying. it makes it easier to handle).
• 6 cut out.
• 7 fry in hot fat (365 f) 3 minutes turning once.