List of doughnut varieties

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== List of doughnut varieties ==

Doughnuts, also spelled donuts, are a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food. They are popular in many countries and are prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets. Below is a list of notable doughnut varieties:

Yeast Doughnuts[edit | edit source]

  • Glazed doughnut: A yeast-leavened doughnut coated with a sweet glaze.
  • Jelly doughnut: A doughnut filled with fruit preserves or other sweet fillings such as custard, chocolate, or other sweet fillings.
  • Boston cream doughnut: A round, yeast-risen doughnut filled with vanilla custard or crème pâtissière and topped with chocolate icing.
  • Maple bar: A rectangular doughnut topped with a maple glaze.

Cake Doughnuts[edit | edit source]

Filled Doughnuts[edit | edit source]

  • Custard doughnut: A doughnut filled with custard or pastry cream.
  • Cream-filled doughnut: A doughnut filled with sweetened whipped cream or a cream-like filling.
  • Apple fritter: A doughnut made with chopped apples and cinnamon, often glazed or dusted with powdered sugar.

Regional Varieties[edit | edit source]

  • Berliner: A German doughnut without a central hole, filled with jam or other fillings and topped with powdered sugar or icing.
  • Beignet: A French-style doughnut, typically square-shaped, fried, and covered with powdered sugar.
  • Churro: A Spanish and Latin American fried-dough pastry, often ridged and dusted with sugar or cinnamon.
  • Sufganiyah: An Israeli doughnut filled with jelly or custard and topped with powdered sugar, traditionally eaten during Hanukkah.

Other Varieties[edit | edit source]

  • Cruller: A doughnut made from a rectangle of dough, twisted and fried, often topped with a light glaze.
  • Long John: A bar-shaped, yeast-risen doughnut, often filled with custard or cream and topped with icing.
  • Doughnut hole: The small, round piece of dough that is cut out from the center of a doughnut, often fried and coated with sugar or glaze.

See also[edit | edit source]



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