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Paczkis are made at Marge's Donut Den in Wyoming on Fat Tuesday. (Feb. 12, 2013)

making paczkis

24 Hour News 8's Tom Hillen puts powder on paczkis at Marge's Donut Den in Wyoming on Fat Tuesday. (Feb. 12, 2013)

making paczkis

A baker at Marge's Donut Den in Wyoming makes paczkis on Fat Tuesday. (Feb. 12, 2013)

making paczkis

Machines fill jelly into paczkis at Marge's Donut Den in Wyoming on Fat Tuesday. (Feb. 12, 2013)

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Customers buy paczkis at Marge's Donut Den in Wyoming on Fat Tuesday. (Feb. 12, 2013)

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'Daybreak' makes paczkis on Fat Tuesday

Pastries very popular the day before Ash Wednesday

Updated: Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013, 10:36 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 12 Feb 2013, 8:07 AM EST

WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) - Paczki, a fat-drenched pastry pronounced POONCH'-kee, is very popular the day before Ash Wednesday.

The jelly fillings come in such flavors as raspberry, lemon, blueberry, strawberry, cherry, apple, cheese, Bavarian cheese, and prune.

Watch the video above as 24 Hour News 8's Tom Hillen helped make the traditional Polish pastries at Marge's Donut Den in Wyoming.

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