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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.
Buñuelos, bunyols in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, bolo de vento in Galicia or kruxpeta in the Basque Country, are a traditional Easter pastry in the form of small balls without a hole. They can be sweet or savoury, but usually filled with custard or chocolate. The American or German–style donut is sometimes called a berlina.
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.
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.
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, or donut, is a deep-fried piece of dough or batter, typically circular in shape with a hole in the center. See the article doughnut for additional detail. Subcategories
Hawaiian malasadas with various fillings. In 1878, Portuguese laborers from Madeira and the Azores started to immigrate to Hawaii to work on the plantations. [7] They brought with them their traditional foods, including fried doughnuts they called malassadas ― now commonly spelled as malasadas.
A donut hole (also doughnut hole) is a type of donut formed out of small round pieces of dough. Donut holes can be plain, or coated in a topping such as glaze, and are a popular dessert in the United States. The name comes from the idea that the hole in a ring donut could be filled in by an appropriately sized ball.