(say title in heavy new york accent) Starting the blog in 2018 where I left off in 2017, #donutsforlife. After Christmas, Nichole and I decided to take a trip into New York City for the day.  We had a lot of plans for the day. One of those was trying out a new donut shop.  I did my usual research to find the best donuts in the city.  The one shop that stood out to me that would be relatively close to where we would be was Dough.  There are multiple locations and seems like Brooklyn is their home base.  We spent most of our time in the Flatiron District and there was a location on West 19th street.  The shop was trendy and what I expected to see in NYC. The shop was small and cozy with seating by the window and one long table for seating that could fit potentially 10 people.  The donut making area in the back seemed pretty large. Good donut eating vibe.

As for the donuts, they were pretty damn good. Nichole is not as big of a donut fan as I am and she said, “whoa, these are like the best donuts we tried.”  And, I agree with that. If you didn’t read my final post of 2017, why?? You should! Click here, it’s donutiliciously good. I felt this was one of the better donuts I have tried. They are yeast based and offered a brioche type dough. They were large donuts, above average than what you see most places.  The consistency was good and they were kind of chewy to me. The donut itself tasted great. They had the basic stuff like cinnamon sugar, plain glazed, chocolate sprinkles etc.  There were quite the flavor offerings and combinations as you would expect from this artisanal style donut shop. They had flavors such as hibiscus to blood orange to dulce de leche to horchata. I didn’t get that crazy. I only limited myself to trying four.....

The Donut Lineup:

1)Café Au Lait - roasted coffee glaze and crunchy pecan topping

2)Toasted Coconut - Coconut glaze topped with toasted coconut flakes

3)Mocha Almond Crunch - Rich glaze made with bittersweet Vintage Plantation chocolate and roasted coffee, topped with a crunchy almond streusel

4)Cinnamon Sugar – self-explanatory, had to try a simple flavor.

My favorite was the Mocha Almond Crunch and Cinnamon sugar. The toasted coconut was lacking flavor but the donut itself is so good I didn’t care. I ate all four, leftover donuts for breakfast. Not ashamed at all. I would definitely go back and try more flavors. They had a Nutella filled one I have donut regrets about.   They were sort of pricey, but one donut is very filling.  I don’t mind paying for it.  All in all, this one of the better donut shops I have been to. Check it out if you are in NYC and looking for a sweet treat.

Bonus Coverage:

Now, you know I sneaked in a second donut tasting.  We were in Bryant Park and noticed there was a Doughnuttery truck serving mini donuts. I wasn’t passing that up. They had a lot intriguing flavors. They fried the mini donuts then tossed them in a sugary goodness.  However, both flavors we got tasted nothing like the flavors we ordered. They were still pretty tasty but I didn’t Rosemary, Cornmeal & Fig or Vanilla, Lavender & Pistacho.

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