I’ve realized the apple cider donuts from the grocery store…

[Anonymous]

You are wrong. A microwaved donut isn't close to fresh. The crispiness of deep frying is lost.

[Anonymous]

They aren't making them fresh at the orchard either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they're all bad. They don't taste apple-y or donut-y. They all just taste greasy.

Those donuts always leave a film of grease on the roof of my mouth which always makes me think it's lard because I don't get that from other foods.

YES! That's exactly it. I hate that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe apple cider donuts microwaved for 20 seconds come pretty close to the authentic ones from the orchard.

If you think a microwaved doughnut tastes anything like an fresh authentic apple cider doughnut, you’ve never had a fresh apple cider doughnut.

[Anonymous]

A fresh, properly made apple cider doughnut doesn’t taste greasy at all. It has a crisp exterior with a pillowy soft interior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will eat any donut anytime, BUT

the fresh apple cider donuts at the orchard are a very specific experience that cannot be replicated by nuking a grocery store donut, sorry.

I think that depends on how far in advance the orchard ones are prepared . The ones I had from Butler’s Orchard tasted less fresh from the ones I got from Trader Joe’s but cost triple the price

Butlers Orchard isn’t selling fresh doughnuts.

They aren't? You can see them frying them when you're ordering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will eat any donut anytime, BUT

the fresh apple cider donuts at the orchard are a very specific experience that cannot be replicated by nuking a grocery store donut, sorry.

I think that depends on how far in advance the orchard ones are prepared . The ones I had from Butler’s Orchard tasted less fresh from the ones I got from Trader Joe’s but cost triple the price

Butlers Orchard isn’t selling fresh doughnuts.

They aren't? You can see them frying them when you're ordering.

They are frying pre-made doughnuts. So I guess “fresh” if refrying an already made doughnut meets that criteria?

[Anonymous]

Totally disagree

[Anonymous]

The Entenmann's ones? We have those right now, and they are delicious.

They are NOT as delicious as the ones at our orchard. i'm pretty sure they are made on-site ... you can see the bakers in the back room!

I hate most donuts but LOVE a good apple cider one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But then how will you get to spend an afternoon around a bunch of wasps

This made me laugh. We moved from the east coast and an afternoon with wasps is exactly my memory of apple picking!

+1, also laughing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't making them fresh at the orchard either

Stribling does. They open their bake house Labor Day weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The orchard ones are trucked in from Sysco.

Right? People are such gullible saps. All the apples and products they sell probably aren't even from apples they grew. It's all a scam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A fresh, properly made apple cider doughnut doesn’t taste greasy at all. It has a crisp exterior with a pillowy soft interior.

They are almost always full of grease because it's part-time workers who don't care frying too many too fast and the oil temp drops, so the donuts absorb all the oil. They might taste good for 5 minutes... then you're getting bubble guts from all that oil. Nasty!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But then how will you get to spend an afternoon around a bunch of wasps

Do you mean the insects, the white people, or both?

[Anonymous]

The NYT has a delightful recipe for Apple Cider Donut bundt cake -- I use it to make muffins. It's better than the TJ's donuts by far (which are cake donuts anyway so not really different).