Shaker Raised Doughnuts Recipe

• 3 medium-sized potatoes
• Pot of boiling water
• 2 cups sifted flour
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons homemade yeast
• Flour
• Beef fat

1. Boil potatoes and mash.
2. While still hot, add salt, sifted flour, and enough of the boiling potato water to make a batter.
3. When cool, add yeast and flour enough to knead.
4. Let this rise over night.
5. Roll out and cut into pieces three inches long, two inches wide and one-half inch thick.
6. Let these rise ten minutes before frying in deep beef fat.
7. Serve with maple syrup.

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