Fried Bread & Fritters

The most famous deep-fried breads are doughnuts, some raised with yeast, others with baking powder (cake doughnuts). Doughnuts may be eaten warm or cold, and simply sprinkled with sugar, glazed with sugar syrup or chocolate, or rolled in shredded coconut. Some are shaped as buns instead of rings, holding a surprise filling of jam or pastry cream. Richest of all are doughnuts of brioche dough. There are many others, such as Mexican buñuelos flavored with sugar, anise and cinnamon, and Dutch oliebollen, flavored with citrus peel, currants and apples.