GARY'S HALLOWEEN SPUD DOUGHNUTS

Makes 6.5 Dozen

1 Quart Milk
3/4 Cup Sugar
3/4 Cup Shortning
5 Tbsp Yeast
1 Cup Warm Water
1 Cup Mashed Potatoes
4 Eggs, Beaten
1 Tbsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla
12-14 Cups Flour
Vegetable Oil for frying

Glaze
3 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Corn Syrup
1/2 tsp Vanilla
Approx 1/2 Cup Hot Water

• In a sauce pan, scald Milk, Sugar and Shortening, allow to cool.  
• Dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Add potatoes, yeast mixture, eggs, salt, and vanilla to the milk mixture
• Add flour gradually and mix very well
• Let rise til double, punch down, rise again.
• Roll out and cut doughnuts, set on floured trays to rise again.
• Fry in oil

Glaze and eat