Name: Gluten-Free Potato Doughnuts
Yield: 3 dozen little doughnuts
Ingredients: 2/3 cup brown rice flour; 3 tbsp tapioca starch; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1/4 tsp salt; 2/3 cup cooled, well-mashed, baked russett potato (Baked russet potatoes are dry and starchy and are perfect for keeping doughnuts moist); 1/3 cup sugar; 2 tbsp water; 1/4 tsp vanilla; oil for deep frying (Vegetable, canola, or any neutral tasting oil with a high smoke point is acceptable); icing sugar or granulated sugar to coat doughnuts

Gluten-Free Potato Doughnuts

This recipe is from Wendy Turnbull’s book “Gems of Gluten Free Baking.” These were the first doughnuts I ever made. You can make little ‘Timbits’ or ‘Doughnut Holes’, or you can use a doughnut dropper and make full size doughnuts. Really tender and yummy.

CourseDessert, Snacks

Servings

3 dozen little doughnuts

Servings

3 dozen little doughnuts

Ingredients

2/3cup brown rice flour
3 tbsp tapioca starch
2 tsp baking powder
1/4tsp nutmeg
1/4tsp salt
2/3cup cooled, well-mashed, baked russett potatoBaked russet potatoes are dry and starchy and are perfect for keeping doughnuts moist
1/3cup sugar
2tbsp water
1/4tsp vanilla
oil for deep fryingVegetable, canola, or any neutral tasting oil with a high smoke point is acceptable
icing sugar or granulated sugar to coat doughnuts

Instructions

Bake the russet potatoes. Mash and cool
If using a deep fryer, add oil and preheat to 350º. If using a deep pot with oil, add 2-3 inches of oil and insert a candy thermometer. Heat to 350º.
Whisk together brown rice flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, nutmeg and salt and set aside
In a mixing bowl combine mashed potato, sugar, water, egg, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Blend dry ingredients into mashed potato mixture and beat until smooth
Use a doughnut dropper for large doughnuts, or drop by tablespoonfuls into the hot oil and cook about 2 minutes, turning the doughnut over with a fork or bamboo skewer halfway through. (Large doughnuts may take a little longer)
Cool on a rack lined with paper towel. Roll in icing sugar or granulated sugar