Mashed Potato Doughnuts - Dinner With Julie

"Yes! You can turn mashed potatoes into doughnuts. As if you needed another good reason to make more mashed potatoes than you need – these doughnuts are what you make with the leftover mashed potatoes you haven’t yet eaten with butter and salt. So… the leftover leftovers. The recipe comes from my friend Caroline, who sings and plays in a retro pop rock band called the Lovebullies, and whose family makes enormous batches of these mashed potato doughnuts every Christmas. Christmas doughnuts seem like a great ide..."

INGREDIENTS
1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 large eggs
2 1/2-3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger and/or nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
canola oil, for cooking
regular or icing sugar, for dusting or dousing
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