Portal:Doughnuts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Introduction

A glazed yeast-raised ring doughnut

A doughnut (American and British English) or donut (American English) (both: /ˈdnət/ or /ˈdnʌt/; see etymology section) is a type of fried dough confection or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty vendors.

Doughnuts are usually deep fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring-shaped or a number of shapes without a hole, and often filled, but can also be ball-shaped ("doughnut holes"). Other types of batters can also be used, and various toppings and flavorings are used for different types, such as sugar, chocolate, or maple glazing. Doughnuts may also include water, leavening, eggs, milk, sugar, oil, shortening, and natural or artificial flavors.

Selected general articles

Did you know...

  • ... that bakers of sfenj, a Maghrebi doughnut, are often nicknamed "Hitler"?
  • ... that one doughnut shop chain uses an estimated one billion disposable cups per year, enough to circle the Earth twice?
  • ... that the wonut is a combination of a waffle and doughnut that went viral in April 2014 following media exposure?

Get involved

For editor resources and to collaborate with other editors on improving Wikipedia's Doughnuts-related articles, see WikiProject Food and drink.

Need help?

Do you have a question about Doughnuts that you can't find the answer to?

Consider asking it at the Wikipedia reference desk.

Selected images

Subcategories

Category puzzle
Select [►] to view subcategories

Topics

Associated Wikimedia

The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:

Wikibooks
Books

Commons
Media

Wikinews 
News

Wikiquote 
Quotations

Wikisource 
Texts

Wikiversity
Learning resources

Wiktionary 
Definitions

Wikidata 
Database

Purge server cache