"Pandora" > wrote in message
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>
> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> ha scritto nel
> messaggio 8.19...
>> On Tue 28 Feb 2006 08:45:38a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> Pandora?
>>
>>>
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> ha scritto nel
>>> messaggio 28.19...
>>>> On Tue 28 Feb 2006 02:08:22a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>>>> Pandora?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For thos interested, here is my recipe for Krapfen.
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Pandora
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pandora's KRAPFEN (recipe)
>>>>>
>>>>> Category: cakes
>>>>> Nb persons: 14
>>>>>
>>>>> 500 g strong flour - (I have used manitoba flour)
>>>>> 100g milk - (lukewarm)
>>>>> 3 eggs - (whole)
>>>>> 5 g dry yeast - (or 15 g fresh)
>>>>> 7g salt
>>>>> 70g sugar
>>>>> 100 g butter - softened a little
>>>>> 200 g mashed potatoes - weighted with skin
>>>>> peanuts oil - for fying custard - for
>>>>> stuffing
>>>>
>>>> Those look lovely, Pandora. As I see potatoes in the ingredient
>>>> list,
>>>> I am reminded of a long ago donut chain here in the US called
>>>> Spudnuts.
>>>> It was a franchise chain that originated in the 1940s in Utah.
>>>> "Spuds" is a nickname for potatoes. The donuts from the Spudnut
>>>> shops
>>>> did, indeed, contain potatoes, and were usually available warm from
>>>> the
>>>> fryer. There are still a few Spudnut shops around, but most are gone
>>>> and I don't think new franchises are available. Just a bit of
>>>> trivia.
>>>
>>> Oh! It's a pity. In this recipe potatoes are used to soft the dough.
>>> In
>>> this way it seams you will taste a cloud
>>> cheers
>>> and happy to here of you again
>>> Pandora
>>
>> I think the potatoes also make the them more moist.
>
> Yes!
>
> Anyway, Spudnuts are
>> delicious. I bet yours are even better!
>
> It's a pity I can't taste Spudnuts
> Cheers
> Pandora

Hi Pandora; I've been watching for your recipe and I must be missing some
posts and i did check. I never saw your original for the recipe, but I
have it now.

Thanks so much!

MoM