Fasnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Fasnachts are made to use up the lard, sugar, butter and eggs before the start of ...

Fasnacht Day marks when Pennsylvania Dutch observers make doughnuts to use up the lard, sugar, butter and eggs they have on hand before the Lenten fast begins.

Folks at Easton Baking Co. in Easton work all day and into the night preparing for the annual Fastnaucht Day celebration.

Watching fastanchts get made from start to finish at Emingee's, I was fairly certain the potato doughnuts wouldn't disappoint.

Due to rising costs for eggs, Ric's Bread also updated its fasnacht price. Fasnacht Day falls on March 4 this year, though some businesses in Lancaster County are celebrating the doughy holiday ...

The timing of Lent varies from year to year and is tied to the spring equinox. Here are 2025's key dates, including Easter.

Christians worldwide celebrate Shrove Tuesday. It's the last day before the 40-day Lent period of fasting and prayer.

A series of handmade signs were posted along Route 183 on Monday, cueing motorists with an enticing message: “Homemade fasnachts ahead.” As the signs suggested, there were, indeed, ...

THE GOAL NEXT YEAR IS TO HAVE THE 100TH YEAR DO OVER IN LEBA For the first time in 100 years, a Lebanon County church wasn't able to hold its annual Fasnacht Day fundraiser.Volunteers at St. Cecilia ...

Heather Hafer fondly recalls sitting at the counter of the old dining car in Fegely’s Family Restaurant along Perkiomen Avenue in Exeter Township as a child getting breakfast with her grandfather ...

Volunteers at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Columbia started early Monday morning rolling dough to make fasnachts at 4:00 a.m. The church is celebrating their 101st fry that takes ...