The History of the Donut

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EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINS OF EVERDAY THINGS by Charles Panati. "For over two hundred fifty years, doughnuts, which originated with Dutch bakes did not have holes in the center; the hole was an American modification that, once intoduced, redifined the shape of the pastry. The deep fried batter doughnut originated in the sixteenth century Holland, where it was known as an Olykoek..."