On Monday night for Family Home Evening, we made spudnuts. We used to make them once a year around the 24th of July because that's what Rene and I were doing 30 (!!!) years ago when we got engaged. We kind of got away from that, but someone suggested it and we thought it would be fun. We invited a couple of friends over and had a great time. The spudnuts were yummy! And it was easier than it used to be to cook them because Rene got a deep-fryer for his birthday. Good thing we only make them once a year or so.

Ingredients:

2 cups milk

½ cup sugar

½ cup shortening

2 teaspoon salt

1 package yeast

1 cup mashed potatoes

2 eggs

6 cups flour (approximately – dough should be sticky)

Preparation:

Scald milk with shortening in it; cool. Soften yeast in ¼ cup water. Mix all ingredients – adding 2 cups of the flour and the potatoes last.- to make a sticky dough. Add remaining flour until you have a soft dough that you can handle. Cover and let rise in a warm place for about an hour. Roll out dough, cut into doughnuts. Let rise again for about 30 min. Deep fry at 360 degrees until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Dip in sugar or glaze.