Name: Fastnachts or Raised Doughnuts
Ingredients: 1 1/4 c Milk; 1/4 c Shortening; 1 ts Salt; 1 sm Yeast cake; 3 Egg whites; 3/4 c Sugar; 1/4 ts Nutmeg; 4 1/2 c Flour (4 1/2 - 5 c), sifted; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon white syrup

The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father. There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity. Other subjects we can compass and grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self-content, and go our way with the thought, “Behold I am wise.” But when we come to this master science, finding that our plumb line cannot sound its depth, and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with the thought… “I am but of yesterday, and know nothing.” No subject of contemplation will tend to humble the mind, than thoughts of God.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	Mennonite	Breads	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Milk
1/4	c	Shortening
1	ts	Salt
1	sm	Yeast cake
3		Egg whites
3/4	c	Sugar
1/4	ts	Nutmeg
4 1/2	c	Flour (4 1/2 – 5 c), sifted
	1	cup sugar
	1	tablespoon white syrup

INSTRUCTIONS

Scald the milk, add shortening and salt. Cool milk until it is lukewarm;
then add crumbled yeast cake and stir. Gradually add 2 2/3 cups sifted
flour, beating batter thoroughly. Put in a warm place and allow to stand
until full of bubbles. Mix sugar with nutmeg and combine with beaten eggs.
Stir into first mixture and add remaining flour. Knead well, cover and let
rise in a warm place for about 1 hour. Turn out lightly on floured board
and roll 3/4 inch thick. Cut with doughnut cutter or biscuit cutter shaping
into a ball, or make into twists. Cover with a thin cloth and let rise on
board until top is springy to touch of a finger. Drop into hot fat (375 oF)
with the raised side down, so the top side will rise while under side
cooks. Drain on absorbent paper. Yields 3 dozen.
Raised doughnuts are delicious if dipped in a syrup made by boiling
together for 5 minutes the following:
3/4    cup water
Recipe by: Mennonite Community Cookbook ISBN-0-8361-3625-X
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #462 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on
Feb 01, 1997.

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