Lancaster County has a baking tradition older than the American donut industry, and it shows up in specific forms — the Long John, the fastnacht, the fruit-and-cream filled donut.
These are Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish recipes, passed down in families rather than picked up as trends. It is the tightest cluster of genuinely traditional donut baking in the country, and you can drive the whole thing in a day.
Not a trend that arrived. A recipe that stayed.
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