Sweets lovers, get ready: Fastnacht Day is Feb. 17.<\/p>\n
Fastnacht translates into \u201cfast night\u201d in English, which helps to explain the origins of this tradition: It stems from the need to use up the lard, sugar, butter and eggs before the beginning of Lent since these lavish items were typically given up.<\/p>\n
Here are bakeries, churches and other organizations that will make them for you.<\/p>\n
Ahart\u2019s Markets: Both locations will sell three varieties of fastnachts \u2014 plain, glazed and powdered \u2014 at $7.99 per dozen.<\/p>\n
Customers can call to place orders or stop in to buy them.<\/p>\n
* Routes 115 and 940, Blakeslee, 570-646-8115<\/p>\n
* 326 S. Walnut St., Bath, 610-837-0900<\/p>\n
The Buttered Crumb LLC, 6937 Route 309, New Tripoli; $16, bakers dozen. Order by Feb. 7 for pick up 7-11 a.m. Feb. 17. Walk-in availability on a first-come, first-served basis. 610-298-1105.<\/p>\n
Egypt Star Bakery: Plain, powdered, glazed, granulated sugar, cream-filled and jelly-filled. Preorder at location for pickup.<\/p>\n
* 225 MacArthur Road, Whitehall Township. 610-434-3762<\/p>\n
* 45 N. Front St., Coplay. 610-262-5115<\/p>\n
* 415 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-421-6396<\/p>\n
J. DeFranco & Daughters, 2173 West Bangor Road, Bangor; powdered, plain or cinnamon sugar made with real mashed potatoes, $14, dozen. Orders taken until Feb. 15 for pickup 7:30 a.m. Feb. 17. 610-588-6991.<\/p>\n
Jacob\u2019s Church, 8373 Kings Highway, New Tripoli (next to Leaser Lake); $12 per dozen of fastnachts or $6 per half-dozen; plain or brown sugar\/cinnamon. Order by Feb. 8; pick up 3-5 p.m. Feb. 13, 9 a.m.-noon Feb. 14 or 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Feb. 15. Call 610-751-5742 or 610-739-6896 or order at jacobschurch.org\/fastnachts<\/p>\n
Naz-O-Nut, 64 E. Lawn Road, Nazareth. Offering plain, powdered sugar, sugar, glazed. Advance orders and walk-ins, 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Feb. 16 and 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 17. 610-365-2244.<\/p>\n
Giant: Grocery stores, select locations, orders or walk-ins, www.giantfoodstores.com for locations and phone numbers.<\/p>\n
Mary Ann Donut Kitchen, 1601 Liberty St., Allentown. Fastnacht can be purchased in store beginning Feb. 3. Advanced orders of three dozen or more by phone at 610-439-9985 during open hours (5:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday). Additional hours 5:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 16-17. The deadline to order is 6 p.m. Feb. 16<\/p>\n
Pappy\u2019s Orchard & Bakery, 2576 Cassel Road, Coopersburg; $12 a dozen; $6.50 half dozen. Pre-order by Feb. 11 for pick up Feb. 7, 14, 16, 17. 215-679-3981.<\/p>\n
Redner\u2019s Market: All area locations; orders and walk-ins. Info: www.rednersmarket.com for hours, locations and phone numbers.<\/p>\n
Vallos Bakery, 1800 Broadway, Bethlehem. $16 per dozen; $9 per half-dozen; $1.60 each; powder, sugar, glazed, plain. Pre-order for pick-up 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb.16 and 5 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 17. 610-866-1012.<\/p>\n
Wegmans: All area locations; orders or walk-ins. See www.wegmans.com for hours, locations and phone numbers.<\/p>\n
Weis Markets: All area locations; orders or walk-ins. See www.weismarkets.comn for hours, locations and phone numbers.<\/p>\n
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs offers one dozen fastnachts for $16; 4 plain, 4 powdered and 4 glazed will be available for stadium pickup 4-7 p.m. Feb. 16 and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 17. Order deadline is Feb. 15 and can be ordered at ironpigs.milbstore.com\/collections\/fastnacht-day-collection. The Majestic Clubhouse Store is at 1050 IronPigs Way, Allentown. 610-841-1261.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sweets lovers, get ready: Fastnacht Day is Feb. 17. Fastnacht translates into \u201cfast night\u201d in English, which helps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,60,182,435,436,289,432],"class_list":["post-103854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-business","tag-local-news","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-retail","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}