Bloomington doesn’t have a lot of great doughnuts. When Kroger made their own, the sour cream cake doughnuts were certainly close to heart-stoppingly wonderful (literally), but they no longer make their own. Bloomington does have Crescent Donut (affectionately called Greaseant by locals–in Indiana, “greasy” sounds like “greazy”), a locally-owned place, and their doughnuts are really good, but that’s about it.
So far, I’ve neither found nor heard of any great doughnuts here, but I found this recipe over at Indy Foodie, and I’m making these first thing tomorrow morning:
Drop Doughnuts
1 egg
1/2 c. sugar
1 T. melted butter
1/2 c. milk
1/2 t. salt
1/8 t. nutmeg
1/4 t. cinnamon
2 t. baking powder
1 1/2 c. flour
sugar
oil for frying
Mix all ingredients and poor by teaspoonsful into a few inches of hot oil. Just do a few at a time. When they are ready to turn over they will start to flip on their own…some may need a little help. These should be cooked till they are a nice dark brown. Remove from oil and place on a paper towel. While they are still hot drop them in a paper bag that has 1/2 cup of sugar in it. Shake them around till they are well coated. Eat them hot as that’s when they are the best!
David Martin says:
You should definitely try Square Donuts. They are on Walnut St right before you get to 10th Street. I would DEFINITELY recommend them.
April 28, 2007, 11:53 pmrightwingprof says:
They must have opened after we moved here. Which side of Walnut is it on?
April 29, 2007, 5:23 amDavid Martin says:
They even have a BloomingPedia article! http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Square_Donuts
Open Date: May 19th 2006
Address: 531 N Walnut Street
Phone: (812) 337-0100
Current Owner(s): Richard Comer
Hours: Tue-Sun:6AM-2PM
Mon: closed
April 29, 2007, 8:54 am