Maine Chocolate Dougnuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
4 eggs
6 cups flour
4 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 cup milk
2 cups mashed potatoes
4 eggs
1 cup cocoa

Preparation

Stir sugar, butter, and mashed potatoes into eggs. Whip until creamy.
Sift together dry ingredients (a few times).
Add dry ingredients alternately with milk into egg mixture and mix well.
Chill 2 hours.
Roll dough out 1/2 inch thick onto a lightly floured board.
Cut dough with doughnut cutter and fry into hot oil (365 degrees) for approximately 3 minutes.
Drain on paper towel and toss doughnuts in a paper bag with sugar.