Fastnachts German Doughnuts
this is a traditional german recipe, usually made on shrove tuesday to use up the lard before lent begins. don't worry, you can fry them in vegetable oil instead of lard! either way, they're delicious!
This recipe is German style, breakfast, scaled for 7 servings, with 84 min prep and 126 min cook.
Prep: 84 min · Cook: 126 min · Total: 210 min · Serves: 7
Quick cooking notes
- Core ingredients include salt, butter, milk, sugar.
- Follow all 12 steps in order for the intended texture and doneness.
- Ingredient quantities listed below are for 7 servings.
Ingredients
- 1 unit salt
- 1 unit butter
- 1 cups milk
- 1 unit sugar
- 1 unit eggs
- 1 unit flour
- 1 unit fresh yeast cake
Instructions
- dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk
- 'sift in flour and salt in bowl
- 'make a hole in the center
- 'pour dissolved yeast and all other ingredients into the hole and mix until not sticky
- 'cover and let rise until doubled
- 'punch down
- then let rest for 10 minutes
- 'roll out to about 1 / 4-inch and cut
- 'let rise another 20-30 minutes
- 'fry in deep fat until light brown
- 'while still hot
- roll in sugar
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 495
- Protein: 10 g
- Fat: 19 g
- Carbohydrates: 71 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 440 mg
Nutrition values are estimates based on stored ingredient totals and serving size.