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Doughnuts in a display case at a coffee shop. A doughnut (sometimes spelt donut in American English; both / ˈ d oʊ n ə t /) is a type of pastry made from leavened fried dough. [1] [2]: 275 It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty vendors.
The old-fashioned doughnut is a term used for a variety of cake doughnut prepared in the shape of a ring with a cracked surface and tapered edges. [1] While many early cookbooks included recipes for "old-fashioned donuts" that were made with yeast, [2] the distinctive cake doughnuts sold in doughnut shops are made with chemical leavener and may have crisper texture compared to other styles of ...
A doughnut-like snack called Loukoumás comes in two types, a crispy one shaped like the number 8, and a larger, softer one shaped like the number 0. Hawaii – popular doughnut in Hawaii is the Malasada. They were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese laborers from Madeira and the Azores who went to Hawaii to work in the plantations ...
A French cruller is a light airy, fluted, ring-shaped glazed doughnut extruded from choux pastry. [8] The name likely refers to the use of the French choux dough, with the actual origin of the pastry being German or Dutch, and was popularized in the United States by Dunkin' Donuts.
A Long John with sprinkles from Minnesota A cream-filled maple bar doughnut (filled with custard) The Long John is a bar-shaped, yeast risen [1] doughnut either coated entirely with glaze or top-coated with cake icing. They may be filled with custard or cream. The term Long John is used in the Midwestern U.S. [2] and Canada, and has been used ...
The doughnut is deep-fried, injected with jam or custard, and then topped with powdered sugar. The doughnut recipe originated in Europe in the 16th century, and by the 19th century was known as a Berliner in Germany and a Religieuse in France. Polish Jews, who called it a ponchki, fried the doughnut in schmaltz rather than lard due to kashrut laws.
Cronut cross-section. The Cronut (a portmanteau of croissant and doughnut) is a pastry created and trademarked in 2013 by the French pastry chef Dominique Ansel. [1] [2] It resembles a doughnut and is made from croissant-like dough filled with flavored cream and fried in grapeseed oil.
A jelly doughnut, or jam doughnut, is a doughnut with a fruit preserve filling. Varieties include the German Berliner , the Polish pączki , the Israeli sufganiyot , the Southern European krafne and the Italian bombolone .