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"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."--Calvin Trillin

Great-grandmother Emma Hodgson's Fausnaughts Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 eggs
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. melted shortening
1 c. sour milk or buttermilk
4 c. flour
4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp grated nutmeg
Directions:
Directions:
Put eggs, sugar, shortening and milk into bowl, mix well. Sift together remaining ingredients. Add to first mixture, mix well. Roll out 1/4-inch thick on floured board. Cut with doughnut cutter. Fry in deep fat at 390º F until light brown turning only once. Makes 24.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
A Pennsylvania-Dutch doughnut, also called Fastnachts, made on Shrove Tuesday before Lent. They are the traditional way to empty your pantry of fat, flour, and sugar, which were traditionally fasted from during the Lenten Season.

 

 

 

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