Diving Deep on Doughnuts, with Fany Gerson

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Heat up your fry oil — today, we’re talking doughnuts! 

After sharing a slightly traumatic, mostly doughnut-filled childhood story with David, Jessica talks to Fany Gerson of Fan Fan Doughnuts in New York. They discuss Fany’s relationship to doughnuts, her biggest sources of inspiration, and the enduring power of this timeless treat. Then, Jessica and David jump into your listener questions, including tips to fry without fear. Finally, they close the show with a freshly fried Jess-opinion and the recipes they’re baking this week. 

Recipes and other links from this episode:  

• Learn more about the history of the doughnut from Smithsonian Magazine
• Bake our recipes for Yeast-Raised Doughnuts and Old-Fashioned Cake Doughnuts
• Find our Pączki recipe
• Learn more about Fany Gerson and her work at FanyGerson.com
• Bake Fany’s recipes for Bigotes de Azúcar (Sugared Mustaches) and Puerquitos (Piggies)
• Learn how to fry without fear
• For a shortcut, get our recipe for Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Muffins
• What David’s baking this week: Jelly Doughnut Cake
• What Jessica’s baking this week: Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Record your question for our Ask the Bakers segment here!
• This episode is sponsored by Brød & Taylor. Your best bread is within reach. Brød & Taylor builds tools that help you get there. See what's possible at brodandtaylor.com.
• This episode is sponsored by Supernatural. Supernatural makes imaginative baking ingredients that are colored by plants, fully traceable, and totally free from anything artificial or synthetic. Learn more at supernaturalkitchen.com
• This episode is brought to you by a new collaboration between King Arthur and Supernatural Kitchen. Supernatural makes America’s brightest dye‑free sprinkles, and those sprinkles are inside King Arthur Baking’s new Confetti Mixes. Find both mixes — Confetti Cupcakes or Confetti Cookies — at Target, Target.com, or kingarthurbaking.com.