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Doughnuts can be made using a yeast-based bread dough (raised doughnuts), or a special type of cake batter. Cake doughnuts are often covered (on top) with a brightly coloured glace icing or chocolate. Some doughnuts are dredged in cinnamon sugar, while others are filled with jam or custard, briefly soaked in a sugary flavoured solution, or glazed. Some doughnuts are made with apple cider (the non-alcoholic kind) and are common at cider mills and farm markets. Many kinds of doughnuts are eaten warm.
Doughnuts have become a part of Western culture. The cartoon character Homer Simpson is especially fond of doughnuts, while popular mythology has American police officers addicted to them. There are entire chains of retail stores devoted to the selling of hot fresh doughnuts to eager customers, eg. Dunkin' Donuts, Krispy Kreme, Tim Hortons, Winchell's DonutsWinchell's Donuts were founded by Verne Winchell on October 8, 1948 in Temple City, California. As of 2004 there are about 200 stores in 12 western states, Guam, New Zealand, Saipan, and Saudi Arabia. It features "Warm n' Fresh" donuts. Most of the stores, Country StyleCountry Style formerly Country Style Donuts is a popular donut chain in Ontario. It serves donuts, soups and sandwiches. It is a competitor of the famous Tim Horton's doughnut chain. Over 70% of the service in 2001 was selling coffee. It has been in servi and many other chain stores.
Other sweet fried pastries very similar to doughnuts include churroA churro is a sweet, fried pastry food, popular in Spain, Mexico, Brazil, and the USA. It is sometimes referred to as a Spanish doughnut or Mexican doughnut. It is also sometimes referred to as a type of pretzel. In some parts of Spain (such as Avila or Ms and fritterBritish cuisine In British fish and chip shops the fish and chips can be accompanied by optional extras and many of these are called fritters which means a food item (such as a pineapple ring or an apple ring or some mushy peas) fried in batter. Hence: pis.
Some non-sweet fried items with different ingredients to 'wheat flour based pastry' are referred to as doughnuts, such as vadas which are from India and are made with lentils and also 'potato doughnuts' which are sometimes made in the US.
Doughnuts have a controversial history. One traditional story says that they imported into the USAThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in by DutchDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium settlers. Another story credits the invention of the doughnut hole to a DanishKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe sea captain named Hanson GregoryDoughnut Hansen Greogry is popularly believed to have been the creator of the doughnut hole. According to myth, his mother, Elizabeth Gregory was known throughout New England for her fried cakes or olie-koecken. But these cakes were never cooked all the w.
Washington Irving's reference to "doughnuts" in 1809 in his History of New York is believed to be the first known printed use of the word.Doughnuts are also mentioned in the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Before the "newfangled" ring shape became common, doughnuts were often made as twisted ropes of dough. When placed into a pot of boiling fat, they floated until the lower half was cooked, then rolled themselves over to cook the other side. Ring doughnuts had to be flipped over by hand, which was more time-consuming.