Great, Great Grandmother’S Kinklings

• 4-1/2 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast
• 3-1/2 cups Warm Water, Divided Use
• 1-1/2 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Vegetable Shortening
• 3 Eggs, Lightly Beaten
• 1 cup Cooked Mashed Potatoes
• 2 teaspoons Salt
• 10 cups Flour (Enough To Make Stiff Dough)
• 48 ounces, fluid Vegetable Shortening/Oil, For Frying
• 32 ounces, weight Confectioners Sugar

1. You will also need several large paper grocery bags and some paper towels.
2. Put the yeast into a bowl and add 1/2 cup warm water. Stir until dissolved. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl cream sugar and shortening. Add beaten eggs, mashed potatoes and salt. Add 2 cups of the flour and the yeast mixture. Mix until incorporated. Continue adding cups of flour and some of the warm water until a stiff dough forms.
4. Knead dough on a lightly floured work surface for 5 minutes. Place dough in a greased large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a towel. Set bowl in warm place for 2-3 hours or until dough doubles in size.
5. Once dough has risen, take a good chunk of dough and roll it out on a flat surface slightly more than 1/4" thick but less than 1/2" thick. Next you'll cut it. It is best to use a pizza cutter but a knife works as well. Cut dough into diamond shapes about 3"-4" long and wide. Cut a slit down the middle of each diamond to allow the oil to fry the middle. Place the diamonds on cookie sheets, leaving an inch or so between each. Continue to roll and cut the rest of the dough.
6. Let dough rise for 1 hour.
7. Heat 4" of oil in a deep frying pan or Dutch oven, until it reaches 370 F. Once the oil is hot, carefully slide 4-5 Kinklings into the oil but do not crowd the pan. Fry for 15-20 seconds, then use tongs or a spatula and flip them over to fry for 15-20 seconds more, When done, Kinklings will turn golden brown. Remove the Kinklings from the oil using a slotted spoon. Let them rest on paper bags or paper towel lined cooking sheets or counter top. Repeat with the remaining Kinklings. You may have to add more oil.
8. Let them cool slightly. Pour half of the confectioners' sugar into a large paper grocery bag or an extra-large plastic bag. Place 4-6 Kinklings in the bag with the powdered sugar, shake to coat the Kinklings and place coated Kinklings on paper paper bags. Repeat until all of them are coated in sugar. Add confectioners' sugar as needed.
9. Store Kinklings in an airtight container when cooled. Makes approximately 6 dozen Kinklings.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/great-great-grandmothere28099s-kinklings/ (may not work)