Coffee Potato Doughnuts

Name: Coffee Potato Doughnuts
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; Approx. 3 fl oz (75 ml) tepid milk; 10 oz (275 g) plain flour; Vegetable oil for deep-frying; ½ sachet fast-action dry yeast; 3 oz (75 g) cooked potato, mashed; ½ oz (15 g) butter, melted; 5 oz (150 g) icing sugar; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon coffee granules; 1 egg, beaten; 1 tablespoon boiling water

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

The school holidays are long. Too long, some would say. A cooking session helps to make them happier and, with a little parental help, children can enjoy the making, as well as eating, of these.

Ingredients

3 oz (75 g) cooked potato, mashed
10 oz (275

Dessert
July
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour, sugar and salt into a warmed bowl. Stir in the yeast, mashed potato, melted butter, the beaten egg and, lastly, enough milk to make a pliable dough. Knead well until silky smooth. (This can be done in a food processor.) Set aside in a warm place for an hour or so until the dough has doubled in size.

Knead again and then cut into about 12