100 Raised Spudnuts

100 Raised Spudnuts (a 4-H treat from the Steadman girls)

2 cups mashed potatoes
4 eggs, beaten light
1 tbsp. shortening
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp. salt
7 yeast cakes or 7 tbsp. dry yeast dissolved in 1 cup warm water plus 1 tbsp. sugar
3 cups scalded milk –cooled
12 cups flour

Cream salt, shortening, sugar, potatoes together and add rest of ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Knead. Let rise until doubled. Roll out. Cut into doughnut shapes. Let rise until doubled. Brown in hot oil.