Hello friends, welcome to Donuts Recipes. Today we are going to make Old Fashioned Potato Donuts.

As a child, my husband loved going to his Aunt Kathy’s in hopes that she would be making his favorite old-fashioned potato donuts.

These are light and flavorful. They are best served fresh and warm and enjoyed with a cup of hot coffee, tea, or cocoa.

You can leave them plain, dust them with powdered sugar, white sugar and cinnamon, or drizzle them with a glaze.

Recipe Summary for Old Fashioned Potato Donuts

• preparation time: 20 minutes
• cook: 1 hr
• additional: 1 hr
• total: 2 hrs 20 minutes
• Servings: 20

Ingredients for Old Fashioned Potato Donuts

• 2 quarts vegetable oil for frying
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 tablespoons shortening
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup instant mashed potatoes
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions for Old Fashioned Potato Donuts

1. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add milk, eggs, and vanilla extract; stir well.
3. Stir in mashed potatoes. Add flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Stir using a sturdy spoon, as mixture will be thick. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour so that dough will be less sticky and easier to work with.
4. Lightly flour a countertop and place plastic wrap on top of dough; roll out to desired thickness. Cut into strips or use a donut cutter to make traditional round donuts.
5. Lower donuts carefully into the hot oil in batches. Fry until 1 side is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn and continue frying until other side is golden, about 2 minutes more. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining donuts.
6. Transfer donuts to a wire rack to cool.

Nutrition’s information in Old Fashioned Potato Donuts

• Servings Per Recipe: 20
• Calories: 1059.9
• % Daily Value *
• protein: 3.8g 8 %
• carbohydrates: 31.9g 10 %
• dietary fiber: 0.9g 4 %
• sugars: 10.9g
• fat: 103.6g 159 %
• saturated fat: 16.7g 83 %
• cholesterol: 19.8mg 7 %
• vitamin a iu: 49.5IU 1 %
• niacin equivalents: 2.4mg 19 %
• vitamin c: 0.7mg 1 %
• folate: 49.6mcg 12 %
• calcium: 77.9mg 8 %
• iron: 1.4mg 8 %
• magnesium: 9.8mg 4 %
• potassium: 84.2mg 2 %
• sodium: 258mg 10 %
• thiamin: 0.2mg 21 %
• calories from fat: 932.7