Buttermilk Doughnuts
bread~2 hrPhoebe Butler’s recipe box
dry yeast · water · buttermilk · sugar · salt · shortening · mashed potato · egg · nutmeg · flour · frying oil
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30 min active · 2 hr total · about 24 doughnuts (times estimated)
Ingredients
- 1 package dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 3/4 cup scalded buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup fresh mashed potato
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3½ to 4 cups flour
- Sugar for dusting (optional)
- Oil or fat for frying
Steps
- Dissolve the dry yeast in the warm water.
- Mix all remaining ingredients together with the dissolved yeast until well combined.
- Knead the dough for 5 minutes.
- Let the dough rise until doubled in size.
- Cut out doughnuts.
- Fry the doughnuts in hot oil until done.
- Drain. Dust with sugar if desired.