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Glazed or old-fashioned?

A light, yeast-raised ring with a crackly sugar glaze, or a craggy sour cream cake doughnut made for dunking. The doughnut shop argument, settled here.

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Classic Yeast-Raised Glazed Doughnuts
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Glazed

Tall, airy ring doughnuts from a buttery dough that rests overnight in the fridge, proofed in a steamy oven, fried golden and dipped in a sheer vanilla glaze that sets matte and crackly.

Get the Glazed recipe โ†’
Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Doughnuts
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Old-fashioned

Tangy sour cream and buttermilk cake doughnuts, chilled, cut and fried until craggy and crisp at the edges, then dipped in a thin vanilla glaze that settles into every crack.

Get the Old-fashioned recipe โ†’

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