Buttermilk Potato Doughnuts

2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/3 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups hot mashed potatoes - without added milk or butter
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Oil for deep-fat frying
Additional sugar

In a mixing bowl, beat sugar, eggs and shortening. Add the potatoes,
buttermilk and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to potato
mixture.
Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375 . Drop doughnut
shaped batter, or rounded teaspoonfuls of batter, a few at a time, into
hot
oil. Fry for 1-1/2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on
paper towels; roll in additional sugar while warm.


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