Jelly doughnut
Encyclopedia
Jelly doughnut varieties include the Berliner
, Australia and Britain's jam doughnuts, sufganiyot from Israel, and the jelly filled doughnuts (jelly donuts) sold in the United States and Canada. Japanese Anpan
are similar to Germany's Berliner
, except they contain red bean paste
. Krafne
from Eastern Europe also include a jelly filled variety. In Tuscany and Florence, bomboloni are popular. Austria also has a jelly doughnut known as krapfen that is typically filled with apricot jam and topped with powdered sugar. The Polish
Pączki
is also similar to a jelly doughnut.
story explains how to make jelly doughnuts from scratch for a "tasty after-school" snack for youngsters.
Pastry chef
Elizabeth Belkind at Grace (restaurant) makes "a dessert of three yeast-raised doughnuts filled with homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam and sprinkled with sugar" served with vanilla custard and a tiny pool of red-wine caramel sauce. Stan's Corner Donut Shoppe's owner Stan Berman makes five varieties of jelly doughnuts, "including the Ina (named for his wife), a chocolate-glazed doughnut filled with raspberry jelly. Other variations include raspberry- filled and lemon-filled glazed doughnuts and blueberry-filled crumb doughnuts."
Ruth Reichl
did a jelly donut taste test in 1997 and graded the ones from Georgie's ahead of Krispy Kreme
's blueberry jelly filled variety, while Dunkin' Donuts
product finished last. Debbie's (formerly Michele's Donuts) in Waterbury, New York got a favorable review of its jelly doughnuts in 2002.
Elvis Presley's 63rd birthday was celebrated at a Chicago pub with a jelly doughnut eating contest. A baker in Florida planned to construct a 1,000 to 1,200 pound jelly doughnut as a promotion.
treat. They are cooked in oil which is in keeping with the theme of the holiday, celebrating one day's worth of oil "keeping a sacred lamp alight for eight."
Berliner (pastry)
A Berliner Pfannkuchen is a predominantly...
, Australia and Britain's jam doughnuts, sufganiyot from Israel, and the jelly filled doughnuts (jelly donuts) sold in the United States and Canada. Japanese Anpan
Anpan
is a Japanese sweet bun most commonly filled with red bean paste. Anpan can also be prepared with other fillings, including white beans , sesame and chestnut .- History :...
are similar to Germany's Berliner
Berliner (pastry)
A Berliner Pfannkuchen is a predominantly...
, except they contain red bean paste
Red bean paste
Red bean paste or Azuki bean paste is a sweet, dark red bean paste originating from China. It is used in Chinese cuisine, Japanese confectionery, and Korean cuisine. It is prepared by boiling and mashing azuki beans and then sweetening the paste with sugar or honey...
. Krafne
Krafne
Croatian krafne or pokladnice, Bosnian , Serbian and Slovenian are desserts similar to doughnuts . They are round and usually filled with jelly, marmalade or jam. They can also be filled with chocolate, custard, or cream, but that is usually less common...
from Eastern Europe also include a jelly filled variety. In Tuscany and Florence, bomboloni are popular. Austria also has a jelly doughnut known as krapfen that is typically filled with apricot jam and topped with powdered sugar. The Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Pączki
Paczki
Pączki are pastries traditional to Polish cuisine . Pączki is the plural form of the Polish word pączek , though many English speakers use paczki as singular and paczkis as plural. In English, the common pronunciation imitates the Polish pronunciation, but some speakers pronounce the word or...
is also similar to a jelly doughnut.
United States
A 1942 headline in the Hartford Courant reported that "Jelly Doughnut Diets Harmful to War Effort." A 1976 Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
story explains how to make jelly doughnuts from scratch for a "tasty after-school" snack for youngsters.
Pastry chef
Pastry chef
A pastry chef or pâtissier is a station chef in a professional kitchen, skilled in the making of pastries, desserts, breads and other baked goods...
Elizabeth Belkind at Grace (restaurant) makes "a dessert of three yeast-raised doughnuts filled with homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam and sprinkled with sugar" served with vanilla custard and a tiny pool of red-wine caramel sauce. Stan's Corner Donut Shoppe's owner Stan Berman makes five varieties of jelly doughnuts, "including the Ina (named for his wife), a chocolate-glazed doughnut filled with raspberry jelly. Other variations include raspberry- filled and lemon-filled glazed doughnuts and blueberry-filled crumb doughnuts."
Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl - pronounced RYE-chil - is an American food writer, co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine...
did a jelly donut taste test in 1997 and graded the ones from Georgie's ahead of Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is the name of an international chain of doughnut stores that was founded by Vernon Rudolph in 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The parent company of Krispy Kreme is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc...
's blueberry jelly filled variety, while Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts is an international doughnut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts; it is now headquartered in Canton...
product finished last. Debbie's (formerly Michele's Donuts) in Waterbury, New York got a favorable review of its jelly doughnuts in 2002.
Elvis Presley's 63rd birthday was celebrated at a Chicago pub with a jelly doughnut eating contest. A baker in Florida planned to construct a 1,000 to 1,200 pound jelly doughnut as a promotion.
Israel
Jelly or custard filled doughnuts are known as sufganiyot in Hebrew and are the number one HanukkahHanukkah
Hanukkah , also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE...
treat. They are cooked in oil which is in keeping with the theme of the holiday, celebrating one day's worth of oil "keeping a sacred lamp alight for eight."