Fastnachts, Pennsylvania Dutch |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Making fastnachts on Fastnacht Day (Shrove Tuesday) is a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. They are basically a potatoe based donut. This recipe was given to me by my mother, and is very similar to the one that my Pennsylvania Dutch great grandmother used. Ingredients:
1 cup potato, freshly riced |
2 eggs |
2/3 cup sugar |
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup yogurt |
2 tablespoons butter, melted |
4 cups all-purpose flour |
2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
2/3 teaspoon salt |
1/3 teaspoon nutmeg or 1/3 teaspoon cinnamon |
Directions:
1. Prepare 1 cup freshly riced potatoes.
2. Beat well 2 eggs.
3. Add very slowly, beating constantly, 2/3 cup sugar.
4. Stir in potatoes and 1 cup buttermilk or yogurt, and 2 tblspns melted butter.
5. Sift before measuring 4 cups all-purpose flour.
6. Resift w/ 2 tspns double acting baking powder, 1 tspn baking soda, 2/3 tspn salt, and 1/3 tspn nutmeg or cinnamon.
7. Stir in sifted ingredients into potato/egg mixture until blended.
8. Chill dough until easy to handle.
9. Roll out to 1/2 inch thick and cut.
10. Cook in oil at 375ยบ F.
11. It's easiest to add them to the oil w/ a pancake flipper.
12. Flip as soon as brown on one side.
13. Takes about 3 minutes to cook one fastnacht.
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