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Saturday+Doughnuts=♥

Posted by Candice on Saturday, Sep 28, 2013

One of my favorite things to do on Saturday mornings is to get up early and go for a run ("early" can be anywhere from 4-11 a.m., mainly dependent on the night before). I will often try to convince someone to go with me on their bike, and if I am successful, I will send that someone to Daylight Donuts, which I conveniently run past with two miles left to go.

Recently, my tastes have run classic (no cronut for me, thanks): blueberry or strawberry cake, or maybe a maple glazed. I seem to remember that, in the past, Daylight has made a strawberry cake doughnut with chocolate icing, but I've yet to see it again and I would really like to.

Other doughnut facts relevant to me:

Doughnuts of my childhood: We were a Donutland family, and I have fond memories of my father bringing home that brown and orange striped box, full of all those wonderful doughnut colors and smells...all for me??!! Erm, not exactly.

Sweetest doughnut memory: My grandfather explaining to me why they were called 'doughnut holes.' I was not the sharpest knife in the drawer, you know?

Best doughnut: Chicago, 4 a.m., hadn't eaten in about 10 hours, had just spent two hours after a concert getting from Wrigley Field to downtown via train and walking...and there was wonderful Dunkin' Donuts, and there was a wonderful woman taking a tray of wonderful cake doughnuts with vanilla icing and sprinkles (I love sprinkles!) right out of the oven. It was wonderful.

Doughnut fantasy: Me. A maple glazed, chocolate drizzled, toasted almond and coconut sprinkled doughnut. Half of it eaten straight up, half of it taken to Yotopia where I work some magic into the red velvet cake froyo.

Doughnuts are the kind of treat that I don't want to make. They seem tricky, and I think they sometimes involve very hot oil.  However, for those of you who are so inclined, you can check out a doughnut cookbook or two and give it a go! It seems like something that, if you pull it off, has a bit of a 'wow!' factor and makes everyone really happy -- like fancy cupcakes, but for breakfast!

And tell me--what's your favorite doughnut?

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I work at the Info Desk on the second floor, and I select books for the adult nonfiction collection. I have a degree in anthropology, which really helps in selecting...well...almost anything. I also manage the Art To Go collection of framed prints and original art, and the nonfiction DVDs.
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Submitted by Adam on October 4, 2013 - 5:00pm

I love that there is a donut cookbook at the ICPL, but if ever there was a dangerous book, that has got to be it. I can't imagine how bad it would be if I got good at making donuts at home...

Blueberry cake donut is best, IMHO.

My dad used to eat Hostess Donette Gems (the little powdered sugar donuts) with a little slip of butter on top after church on Sunday. Those little donuts make me smile every time I walk past them at Hy-Vee, remembering how hard it is to brush powdered sugar evidence off my navy blue church pants.

Submitted by Rose Russo on October 21, 2013 - 3:05pm

Thanks for sharing your donut stories. I am from a donut family. My grandfather worked early at a gravel pit so on Saturday and Sunday he made a 'donut run'. It is a treasured part of my childhood.

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