Last updated on September 4th, 2024.
A little bit of Russet potato goes a long way and gives these Potato Donuts a fluffy and soft texture with a crispy crust.
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I first made this recipe to celebrate Chanukah, this holiday’s tradition is to eat fried food. But let’s face it, none of us really need a holiday to enjoy a fluffy soft, warm, and sweet donut! Am I right?
I have to be honest and say that I was nervous and full of doubts before making this recipe. It seemed very simple and a bit to easy to be that good. But trust me when I say it is all of the above and even more so you end up with amazing homemade fluffy sweet donuts!
For the donuts fans, I’ve got a Brioche doughnuts recipe, Boston Cream Donuts, Bavarian Cream Donuts, French crullers (chouxnut), and a Sfej Morrocan donuts recipe.
What Ingredients are in this Potato Donuts Recipe:
- All-purpose flour
- Yeast
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Nutmeg, feel free to skip or replace it with your favorite spice.
- Sugar
- Mashed cooked potato, even thou the recipe calls for a full medium-sized potato please note that we will only use 1/2 a cup total.
- Egg
- Milk
- Melted Butter
How to make and shape the donuts:
This recipe has three steps.
Step one, making the dough:
Firstly, mix dry ingredients (flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and nutmeg) together.
Secondly add the remaining of the ingredients and mix using a stand mixer or your hand until you have a smooth dough.
The dough should be smooth, pleasant to touch of your hand, and not at all sticky. However, depending on the weather or where you live the dough might get over hydrated and sticky. To avoid that, start by adding 1/3 cup of milk, then if you notice the dough is not coming together the proper way add the rest of the milk.
Lastly, spray the dough with some oil spray and cover with plastic paper to allow the first rise.
Step Two, shaping the dough:
Once the dough has risen, divide it into 16 equal parts and roll each piece into a ball. Now, gently press the ball and lift it with your hands.
Using your thumb at the top of the dough and finger at the bottom press the dough in the center until your fingers meet then gently stretch it into 3″ circle.
Step three, frying the dough:
You can use coconut oil, peanut oil, or vegetable oil. Use a deep and wide pan and a candy thermometer to make sure the oil is at the right temperature (360F).
The donuts require about 90 seconds and I like to flip it few times until I get the color I like.
Fry test 1 donuts to make sure the oil is at the right temperature before frying a full batch.
Now Let’s Talk About This Yeast Raised Potato Donuts Recipe:
- Feel free to skip the nutmeg.
- The recipe specifies 90 minutes of rising time. However, I like to allow the dough to rest and rise for about 3-4 hours. You can also make it the night before, place in the refrigerator and allow to get to room temperature the next day.
- To help the ingredients mix properly firstly use the paddle attachment. When all the ingredients have come together into shaggy mash change into the dough hook.
- Sometimes, when you pick up the donuts to put in the oil, you might deflate it, or mess its shape. To avoid it, after shaping, place it on a 2″x2″ parchment paper for the second rise. When it is time to fry, simply hold the ends of the parchment paper and gently dump in the oil. If the donuts hold on to the parchment paper, do not worry about it. It will get loose a few seconds into frying.
- It is very important to keep the right oil temperature, I highly recommend using a candy thermometer while frying.
- Always test one donut and make sure it is well cooked before frying the full batch.
- You can fry the donuts without the hole and fill it with your choice of filling. (you will need to increase the frying time by 20-30 second)
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Potato Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Russet Potato (170 g / 6 oz)
- 3+1 TBS Cups AP Flour (375 g / 12.5 oz)
- 1/4 Cup Sugar (50 g / 2 oz)
- 1 1/2 tsp Yeast
- 1 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 1/2 Stick Unsalted Butter, Melted and warm (56 g / 2 oz)
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- 1 Large Egg, cold
- 6-8 Cups frying oil
- 1 Cup Sugar in a medium wide bowl, for dusting
Instructions
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Cook the potato using your method of choice (boil, steam, or bake) until tender.Peel, mash and measure 3 oz (about 1/2 cup). Allow cooling to room temperature. (About 70F)
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Melt the butter, set aside and allow to cool from hot to warm. (should be 115F)
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In a bowl of a standing mixer, sift the flour, yeast, salt, nutmeg and baking soda and stir to combine.Add the sugar.
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Add the milk, melted butter, cooked potato and egg then mix using the dough hook until the dough is smooth.
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Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover with plastic bag and allow to rest until double in size. About 90 minutes.
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Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and dived it into 16 small pieces (about 40g each).Â
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Roll each piece into a small ball then flatten it. Using your thumb and forefinger gently pinch it in the center to create the hole and stretch it into 3" round.
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Place aside for the second rise about 75-90 minutes.
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Place the oil in a large cooking pan and warm it over the stove, medium-high heat until it reaches 350F.
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Gently dump the donuts and fry for about 90 seconds, turning sides half way throug
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Remove from oil and place in the bowl of sugar, cover the donut with sugar.
Can I make this with a different type of potato as long as its the same quantity?
I never tried using a different type of potato but I feel comfortable there is no issue! Let me know how it turns out!
The instructions never actually mention when to add in the potato. Also, it doesn’t really make sense that the starting potato is 6oz while the amount of added potato is 3oz.
I used two medium eggs because one did not make the dough come together and those are the size eggs that I had to use. The dough still seemed a little dry and I am unsure if I should have put in a bit more milk or water to compensate. My potato was boiled, but the cubed pieces were left to cool down in a colander so they were able to dry as much as possible. I think potatoes are a variable ingredient in terms of moisture, so perhaps a description (you will end up with a wet/dry dough, add milk/water to reach that consistency) would have been helpful.
I haven’t actually made them yet, as the dough is chilling overnight in the refrigerator since I like long and cold fermentations, but I’m sure they will be really good.
The cooked potato is added with the milk and egg. The amount of cooked potato has nothing to do with the amount added, potatoes are large and the average size is 6 oz, however, the recipe only calls for 3 oz.
I will remake this recipe and add the above notes!
Hope you’ll enjoy the recipe.
The instructions don’t really say when to add in the sugar? Have i gone blind or is it actually missing in the steps
You add the sugar with the flour.
This was an easy tasty recipe. Enjoyed them after dinner with coffee. A sweet treat. We loved them and they were super easy to make with ingredients on hand! Eat them hot!
what’s the quantity of the yeast to be added
1 1/2 tsp, the full recipe is at the bottom of the post.
do you have to warm the milk because of the yeast or is it just the butter