Donut
Donuts (or doughnuts) are pastries (usually fried), sometimes coated with sugar, glaze, or frosting. Their shape is either toroidal (doughnut-shaped), rounded (a 'filled doughnut') or elongated (a cruller). Originally, donuts did not have holes.[1]
Types
Donuts are grouped into four different categories, depending on their composition and the manner in which they are cooked. These are a few examples of how donuts are properly categorized.[2] Tim-Bits, or donut holes, are categorized in much the same way as the standard donut.
- Yeast Donuts
- Apple Fritter (A Tim Horton's Original)
- Dutchie
- Chocolate Dip
- Honey Dip
- French Cruller (similar to donuts, although the rising agent is egg).
- Cake Donuts
- Old Fashion
- Chocolate
- Sour Cream
- Filled Donuts
- Berliner Pfannkuchen
- Blueberry
- Strawberry
- Boston Creme
- Canadian Maple
- Other
- Honey Cruller
- Walnut Crunch
Donuts and Freedom
In 2006, Tim Horton's Donuts Limited opened up a store in Kandahar, Afghanistan, to provide quality coffee and donut products to NATO Forces stationed there. Since then, the double double may also be recognized as NATO Standard.