These wee mice will soon be frolicking across my blog/banner, but today they are for:
Weasels make the best doughnuts!
Idaho Potato Doughnuts
Ingredients:
2 packages active dry or cake yeast
1/2 cup warm water (110° F to 115° F)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup shortening or margarine
1 1/2 cups prepared Instant Mashed Idaho Potatoes. cold
3 eggs, well beaten
2 cups milk, scalded and cooled to luke warm
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon extract
6-8 cups sifted flour
Glaze:
Boiling water
1 pound powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Preparation:
Dissolve yeast in warm water, set aside.
Cream sugar and shortening. Beat in cold potatoes, eggs, cooled milk, yeast water, salt and lemon extract. Mix in flour adding just enough to make a soft dough. Knead well.
Place dough in greased bowl; cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk. Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a well-floured cutter. Let rise uncovered about 30 minutes. Deep fry in oil heated to 375° F. Drain on paper towel.
To make glaze, gradually add enough boiling water to powdered sugar and vanilla to make thin glaze. Drizzle over doughnuts.
Won’t you join me and my talented friend Linda Silvestri, for her second year of the Sketch a Day/ Post a Day or SkADaMO challenge.
Get those creative juices flowing… fill a sketchbook with great ideas and story starters… and have a lot of fun doing it!
To read more about it and see more of her fantastic artwork head over to her blog, Sketched Out.
….. and yes it is Fried Oyster Day! who knew…..