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Fastnacht

Fastnacht Recipe - www.realthekitchenandbeyond.com

Ingredients

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  • 6 cups flour, all purpose
  • 1 cup milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm
  • 6 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt ( 1 1/2 if using salted butter)
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons or 1 package yeast
  • Oil or lard for frying

Instructions

  1. Scald milk then cool until lukewarm.
  2. Add yeast and sugar to milk and let sit 10 minutes.
  3. In large bowl, mix together flour and salt, then form a hole in center.
  4. Lightly beat eggs.
  5. Add eggs, milk, and butter to hole in flour.
  6. Mix in mixer on 2 until all ingredients are mixed.
  7. Mix for 1 minute more to knead or knead by hand a few turns, until elastic.
  8. Cover and set in warm place to rise until double.
  9. After risen, punch down.
  10. Cover and let set 10 more minutes.
  11. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick.
  12. Cut into diamond shape.
  13. Set to rise for 20 minutes.
  14. Meanwhile, fill pan with oil 2-3 inches deep.
  15. Heat until 350-35 degrees.
  16. If coating donuts, prepare containers with coating – sugar, powdered sugar, or cinnamon sugar.
  17. Once oil is heated and dough has risen again, drop diamond shapes of dough* into oil.
  18. Turn when golden brown.
  19. When second side is golden brown, pull from oil and immediately coat with sugar.
  20. Let set to cool.
  21. *Test one by itself to make sure your oil temperature is right. Donuts will take 3-5 minutes between both sides.