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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.
Hungary – Fánk, a round doughnut (without a hole) dusted with sugar, and Lángos, a flat fried bread made from yeast dough, served with sour cream and toppings like cheese, ham or chopped onions. Iceland – Kleinuhringir (doughnut), Kleinur, Berlínarbollur and Ástarpungar. Ástarpungar traditionally contain raisins.
A pastry aromatised with vanilla or rum extract/essence, as well as lemon rind, and stuffed with Turkish delight, jam, chocolate, cinnamon sugar, walnuts, and/or raisins. Cream horn: A pastry made with flaky or puff pastry, filled with fruit or jam and whipped cream. The horn shape is made by winding overlapping pastry strips around a conical mold.
Pastry refers to a variety of doughs (often enriched with fat or eggs), as well as the sweet and savoury baked goods made from them. [1] [2] [3] The dough may be accordingly called pastry dough for clarity. [4] Sweetened pastries are often described as bakers' confectionery. Common pastry dishes include pies, tarts, quiches, croissants, and ...
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 ...
They are presented filled, usually with pastry cream, chocolate, or dulce de leche. [13] In Finland, berliininmunkki (Berlin doughnut) is a commonly consumed pastry, although unlike a traditional Berliner, this variant has pink caramel colored frosting on top as opposed to regular or powdered sugar.
Potato doughnuts share similar ingredients to normal doughnuts, but have all or most of the flour replaced with either mashed potatoes [14] or potato starch. [15]Potato doughnuts tend to be a light, fluffy variety of doughnut [16] and are usually topped with the same variety of frosting or toppings as other doughnuts. [16]
The Polish word pączek [ˈpɔ̃t͡ʂɛk] (plural: pączki [ˈpɔ̃t͡ʂkʲi]) is a diminutive of the Polish word pąk "bud". [6] The latter derives from Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, which may have referred to anything that is round, bulging and about to burst (compare Proto-Slavic *pǫknǫti "to swell, burst"), possibly of ultimately onomatopoeic origin.