Fastnachts, Pennsylvania Dutch

"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."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
6-12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Prepare 1 cup freshly riced potatoes.
  • Beat well 2 eggs.
  • Add very slowly, beating constantly, 2/3 cup sugar.
  • Stir in potatoes and 1 cup buttermilk or yogurt, and 2 tblspns melted butter.
  • Sift before measuring 4 cups all-purpose flour.
  • Resift w/ 2 tspns double acting baking powder, 1 tspn baking soda, 2/3 tspn salt, and 1/3 tspn nutmeg or cinnamon.
  • Stir in sifted ingredients into potato/egg mixture until blended.
  • Chill dough until easy to handle.
  • Roll out to 1/2 inch thick and cut.
  • Cook in oil at 375º F.
  • It's easiest to add them to the oil w/ a pancake flipper.
  • Flip as soon as brown on one side.
  • Takes about 3 minutes to cook one fastnacht.

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  1. This is called "aardappelkroketten", (potatoecroqette) In Holland will replace our french fries, cooked patatoes for the kroketten and eat with vegetables & meat. Also great with "bitterballen" and beer for a great foodgrab in front of the telly.
     
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