02/17/2026
Its a REAL THING! We celebrate it in my neck of the woods every year. This recipe is for free, I will not charge 10 caps this time.
Traditional Fasnacht Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups of milk
½ cup of unsalted butter
2 teaspoons of salt
¾ cup of sugar
¼ teaspoon of nutmeg
2 large eggs (beaten)
7 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
2 packages of active dry yeast
Cooking oil (for frying)
Molasses (optional)
Steps:
In a medium saucepan, warm your milk and add butter. Stir until melted.
In a large bowl, mix your salt, sugar, and nutmeg.
Pour the melted milk and butter mixture into your mixing bowl. Stir until it’s well mixed and let it sit until room temperature.
Once the mixture has cooled, mix in the beaten eggs and yeast packages.
Add 3 cups of flour to the mixture. If you have a stand mixer, beat at a low speed for 2 minutes. If you’re mixing by hand, stir for at least 2 minutes, or until smooth.
Once your mixture is well mixed, add the remaining cups of flour and stir by hand.
Put the dough on a floured surface, and knead for about 3 minutes.
Place the dough in a greased bowl. Make sure to turn it over so that both sides of the dough are greased.
Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and allow it to proof for about 1 hour, or until it has doubled in size.
Punch down the dough and turn it out onto a floured surface.
Roll out the dough into a ¼ inch thick disk.
Cut the dough into even squares and cover with the kitchen towel so that it can proof for another 45 minutes, or until it doubles in size.
After the squares have doubled in size, begin heating about 2-3 inches of cooking oil to 370 degrees in a deep saucepan.
Drop the dough squares into the frying oil, but be mindful not to crowd the saucepan (too many pieces can make the oil temperature drop).
Once the bottom side of the squares is golden brown, flip the dough over to cook on the other side.
When both sides are golden brown, you can remove the fasnachts and set them on paper towels to cool.
Dab the fasnachts to remove excess oil.