Grophens German Mashed Potato Doughnuts Recipes

MASHED POTATO DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm buttermilk. Add potatoes, eggs and butter. Add 2 cups sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and 3 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Do not knead. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. , Turn onto a floured surface; divide into fourths. Roll each portion to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. doughnut cutter. , In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry doughnuts, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon; roll doughnuts in cinnamon-sugar while warm.

FASTNACHTS (GERMAN DOUGHNUTS)

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk.
• Sift in flour and salt in bowl.
• Make a hole in the center.
• Pour dissolved yeast and all other ingredients into the hole and mix until not sticky.
• Cover and let rise until doubled.
• Punch down, then let rest for 10 minutes.
• Roll out to about 1/4-inch and cut.
• Let rise another 20-30 minutes.
• Fry in deep fat until light brown.
• While still hot, roll in sugar.

GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Mix in potatoes and onion.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. In batches, drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the potato mixture into the skillet. Press to flatten. Cook about 3 minutes on each side, until browned and crisp. Drain on paper towels.

GROPHENS (GERMAN MASHED POTATO DOUGHNUTS)

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water.
• Mix scalded milk with mashed potatoes, shortening, sugar, and salt.
• Add eggs and yeast mixture to milk mixture. Gradually add flour, beating with a large fork to form a soft dough. Stir in raisins.
• Turn out onto a floured board. Knead lightly. Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter (without center hole). Be sure the whole cutter is filled with dough.
• Place grophens on parchment paper-lined pans and let rise 1 hour. Stretch the sides with your fingers to form a slight hollow in the center.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Fry grophens in the hot oil, working in batches, until golden, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

GERMAN STYLE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat; cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add apples; cook 10 minutes longer or until potatoes and apples are tender.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain reserving 1 tablespoon drippings.
• In drippings, saute onions until light brown.
• Drain potatoes and apples. Add sugar, vinegar and salt; mash slightly.
• Transfer to a serving bowl. Top with onions and bacon.

GERMAN-STYLE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add apples; cook 10 minutes longer or until potatoes and apples are tender. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. In the drippings, saute onions until lightly browned. , Drain potatoes and apples. Add sugar, vinegar and salt; mash slightly. Transfer to a serving bowl. Top with onions and bacon.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, milk, eggs and butter. Combine the sugar, baking powder and 2 cups flour; stir into potato mixture. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour., Divide dough in half. Turn each half onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-3/4-in. doughnut cutter. , In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry doughnuts, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. , In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth. Color glaze if desired. Dip doughnuts in glaze and sprinkles as desired.

SCHUPFNUDELN (GERMAN FRIED POTATO DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain.
• Peel cooked potatoes and place into a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher. Add eggs and flour and mix until well combined. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
• Use your hands to shape potato dough into oblong dumplings with two pointy ends. If the dough sticks to your hands, rinse them under cold water.
• Bring water to the boil in a large pot over high heat, then reduce temperature to a simmer. Drop small batches of the dumplings into the just simmering water. Cook until they float on the top. Remove dumplings with a slotted spoon and submerge in a bowl with cold water. Remove with a slotted spoon, put them in a colander, and drain well.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat and saute Schupfnudeln until golden brown and crisp from all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain on paper towel and keep warm until all Schupfnudeln are done.

GERMAN FASTNACHTS WITH POTATO

Steps:

• Dissolve the yeast in the 1/2 cup warm water with 1 tsp of sugar.
• Mix potatoes, sugar, potato water and flour; add yeast dissolved in water.
• Let rise in a warm place for several hours.
• Then add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup lukewarm water or milk, 3/4 cup melted butter, 3 eggs, salt and about 5 cups flour for stiff dough.
• Turn onto a well floured board and knead for about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add a small amount of extra flour if necessary so the dough can be handled without sticking to your fingers.
• Grease a large bowl.
• Place the dough in the greased bowl.
• Cover with a thin towel, and let rise in a warm, draft free place for about 2 hours or until it is at least double in size.
• Now, according to all my instruction, you’re supposed to let the dough rise again for another hour or two, but that means you’d be fussing with these things all day; figure it out; this would be its third rising, with another to come; I think at this point I’d be reckless and divide the dough in thirds and start rolling it out.
• What matters if you do have a few large holes in your fastnachts?
• Take your choice, rise or roll.
• I’d try rolling the dough to about 3/4 inch thickness.
• Fastnachts have a traditional diamond shape; cut them into diamonds with a knife.
• Another essential is to cut a slit across the top of each fastnacht with a sharp knife.
• Let the fastnachts rise, covered, in a warm place, till they’re springy to the touch; when they’re quite fat and puffy, drop them with the raised side down into fat that is hot enough to brown a bread cube—375 degrees.
• Fry on both sides.
• If you don’t want that many fried cakes you might try baking some in a hot oven as rolls.
• Food that Really Schmecks.

RUSTIC GERMAN POTATO NOODLES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Peel potatoes. Cut them into 1-inch (2 ½ cm) slices and boil them in salted water for 25 minutes or until they are tender.
• After boiling, take them out and let them cool for 10 minutes, allowing them to steam to remove excess moisture.
• Mash potatoes until no lumps remain.
• Add eggs, salt, nutmeg, and 2 cups (250 grams) flour, and knead into a dough. If dough is too sticky, add more flour until it holds its shape but is still smooth.
• Put a piece of dough on a floured surface and roll into a 1-inch (2.5 cm) thick log.
• Cut in 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces and roll them carefully in your floured palm for a noodle shape. Repeat with the remainder of the dough.
• Boil noodles in a large pot with salted water. Stir carefully once or twice to make sure noodles don't stick to bottom of the pan. Once they float on the surface, they are cooked and ready to be taken out.
• In a medium-sized pan, melt the butter.
• Add noodles and bacon and fry until both are golden brown on all sides.
• Add chicken broth and white wine and let reduce for a few minutes until sauce becomes slightly creamy.
• Top with green onions before serving.
• Enjoy!

GERMAN-STYLE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water for 10 minutes; add apples and cook 10 minutes longer, or until both apples and potatoes are tender.
• Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove and drain bacon on paper towels. Reserve 1 tbsp drippings in pan.
• Saute onions in reserved drippings until lightly browned.
• Drain potatoes and apples. Add sugar, vinegar, and salt; mash lightly. (These will still be lumpy.) Transfer to a serving bowl.
• Top with onions and bacon.