From Better Homes and Gardens

Ricotta cheese adds an Italian twist to these fried dough dessert bites.

Italian Donuts

From Better Homes and Gardens

During Hanukkah in some Israeli communities, vendors sell these filled buns, known as sufganyot, by the basketful.

Sufganyot

From Family Circle

Be sure to coat the doughnuts with the cinnamon and sugar mixture while they are still warm.

Sugar Doughnuts

From Better Homes and Gardens

These delicious homemade doughnuts are rolled in a mixture of sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon, complementing their pumpkin flavor.

Spiced Pumpkin Doughnuts

From Food & Wine

Chef-owner Ginevra Iverson of Restaurant Eloise in Sonoma County, California, serves her light, crisp, sugared doughnut holes with sweet-tart raspberry jam. She won't send any imperfect doughnut holes into the dining room; misshapen ones, she says, become snacks for the kitchen crew: "They get slathered with jam and devoured by whomever gets to them first."

Doughnut Holes with Raspberry Jam

From Better Homes and Gardens

From New Orleans' French Quarter coffee houses, beignets (ben yayz) are square hole-less fried dough that are airy and delicate. Use a deep saucepan to fry the beignets, leaving at least 3 inches between the oil and the top of the pan. Roll in powdered sugar and serve warm for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.

Nutmeg Beignets

From Parents

Frost plain donuts in orange frosting, then add a pumpkin face for a Halloween party dessert.

Jack-O'-Lanterns

From Family Circle

Enjoy fresh doughnuts in the morning with this make-ahead recipe. Chill the dough overnight so all that's left is rolling and cutting the dough, and frying the doughnuts.

Chocolate Chip Doughnuts

From Midwest Living

Skip the bakery and make these homemade mini doughnuts. Cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, and mace give these glazed breakfast treats their flavor.

Spiced Doughnut Holes

From Midwest Living

These no-fry doughnuts are baked in muffin cups, then rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Serve them for breakfast or dessert.

Baked Apple Doughnuts

From Better Homes and Gardens

An apple pie spice glaze is drizzled on these homemade doughnuts right before serving. Set these out at breakfast or brunch and watch them disappear.

Apple Cider Doughnuts

From Food & Wine

Christy Timon opened her bakery in 1982, hiring Abram Faber to help with deliveries. The now-married couple are revered as early champions of classic European baking. They continue to hunt down rare recipes, like these light doughnuts adapted from Robert Jorin, a third-generation Swiss baker at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone.

Baked Currant Doughnuts

From Midwest Living

These fried Dutch coffee dunkers will remind you of doughnut holes. Enjoy them at breakfast or dessert.

Oliebollen

From Better Homes and Gardens

When you go visiting on Christmas morning, surprise and delight family and friends with a gift of decorated donuts they can enjoy while opening presents.

Chocolate Doughnut Delights