Potato Doughnut

This is a late post. A couple of weeks ago, we had extra potatoes. I wanted to make snacks for the children. I like doughnut but to be honest, I have not found the delicious ones here. (I really miss Asia with the shops, food chains and malls, especially the traditional food shops in this situation). Since we cannot just buy any good snack easily somewhere here with reasonable price, I decided to make a batch of potato doughnuts.

Ingredients
500 gr all purpose flour
200 gr potato (mashed)
11 gr yeast
50 gr milk powder
100 gr sugar
4 egg yolks
100 ml (cold) water
75 gr butter
a pinch of salt

Decoration
Butter
Grated (cheddar) cheese
Chocolate sprinkle

Method
1. Steam or boil the potato. Mash the potato and put aside until it cools down
2. Mixed the flour, potato, milk powder, sugar, yeast together.
3. Add the egg yolks one by one, while kneading the flour mixture (low speed or using hand).
4. Add the water (I use 100 ml cold milk instead because milk powder is uncommon here) and keep kneading the dough until it is almost smooth.
5. Half way kneading the dough, add the butter and salt. Knead the dough until it does not stick to the side of the bowl and not stick to your hand. It should be smooth.
6. Make it as a ball and leave it in the bowl, covered with cling film for at least 15 minutes or more.
7. Devide into portions of 50 grams and roll it with hands into a ball shape and flat it a bit on the baking paper lined surface. Or you can make other shapes also.
8. Let it rest for at least 30 minutes
9. Make a hole to form a donut shape if you like.
10. Deep fry the donut or fry it in a wok filled in with oil until both sides golden brown
11. Let it cool on the kitchen towel to absorb the excess oil.
12. Decorate the surface with a little butter and grated cheese or chocolate sprinkle.

The children and my husband love this potato doughnut. Let me know whether you like it also, if you try to make it.

Enjoy!