LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — It’s almost Fastnacht Day.
The Pennsylvania Dutch tradition is on the day before Ash Wednesday. In the old days, people tried to use up butter, sugar and lard before the Christian Lenten fast.
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Today, that translates to businesses and churches making a variety of Fastnacht donuts that could include yeast, baking powder or potatoes, and are served plain, glazed or covered in powdered sugar or cinnamon. No matter where you get them, they won’t have a hole and will often be square-shaped.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Columbia, Lancaster County, makes them as a fundraiser. The church sold 427 dozen glazed and 152 dozen plain Fastnachts on Monday…