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Doughnut

A doughnut or donut is a type of fried or baked good made from leavened dough.: 275 It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty vendors.

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Alternative names
Donut
Course
Breakfast, snack, dessert
Main ingredients
Dough
Type
Fried dough or baked goods

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Doughnut

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Doughnut

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related to "Donut" · 27
Doughnut → According, American, August, Bailey Millard, Dunkin, Dunkin' Donuts, Edge, George, In, John, Krispy Kreme, Los Angeles Times, Machine Corporation, Massachusetts, Mayflower Doughnut Corporation, National Donut Week, New York-based Display Doughnut, October, Open Kettle, Oxford Dictionaries
related to In popular culture · 24
Doughnut → Also, Arnie, Australia, Centerburg, Donut, Donut Dilemma, Dora's Dunking Doughnuts, Gluttons, Granny's Greenhouse, Homer Price, Homer Simpson's, Homer's Uncle Ulysses, In, Mucha Lucha, Punishment, References, The, The Doughnut, The Doughnuts, The Simpsons
related to National Doughnut Day · 20
Doughnut → About, Adjutant Helen Purviance, America, Because, Doughnut Day, Doughnut Dollies, Ensign Margaret Sheldon, France, Friday, June, Margaret Sheldon, National Donut Day, National Doughnut Day, Salvation Army, Soon, The Salvation Army, These, Today, United States, World War
related to Further reading · 19
Doughnut → Applications, Aspen, Barrufet, Charlotte Foltz, Deep Fat Frying, Doubleday, Elena Castell-Perez, Fundamentals, Gaithersburg, ISBN, Jones, June, Maria, Md, Mistakes That Worked, Moreira, OCLC, Origins, Rosana
related to Other shapes · 13
Doughnut → Another, Canada, Dutchie, In, Long Johns, New Orleans, Other, Others, There, These, Tim Hortons, Toronto Star, United States
related to England and North America · 12
Doughnut → Companion, Dutch, England, Hertfordshire Cakes, How, New Amsterdam, New York, Nuts, Pincushions, The Country Housewife's Family, These, William Ellis
related to history · 11
Doughnut → Arabic, Cato, De, Elder, Europe, Ibn Razīn, Ka'ak, Similar, This, Tujībī, World
related to "Dough nut" · 9
Doughnut → American English, At, History, New York, One, The, These, United States, Washington Irving
related to Rings · 9
Doughnut → Alternatively, American, Elizabeth Gregory, Gregory, Hanson Gregory, He, Ring, Smithsonian Magazine, This
related to Holes · 8
Doughnut → Before, Consequently, Dunkin' Donuts, Munchkins, Similar, Tim Hortons, Timbits, Traditionally

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doughnuts dough also fried called sugar donut made popular pastry sweet filled ring similar known jam cake flour cream chocolate

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DoughnutAlternative namesDonut1.00infobox
DoughnutCourseBreakfast, snack, dessert1.00infobox
DoughnutMain ingredientsDough1.00infobox
DoughnutTypeFried dough or baked goods1.00infobox
Doughnutis atraditional spelling and still dominates even in the United States0.90text
Doughnutis alihapiirakka0.90text
Doughnutis atraditional pastry called rosquilla or rosquete0.90text
Doughnutis abeignet0.90text
Doughnutis apopular snack food0.90text
Doughnutis apopular food snack available in corner dairies0.90text
old-fashionedinstance ofThere are many other specialized doughnut shapes0.80text
bars or Long Johnsinstance ofThere are many other specialized doughnut shapes0.80text

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