Doughnut Plant

The last time I visited the Doughnut Plant, it was about to close for the day and they only had a couple types of doughnuts left (I ended up buying the ginger doughnut so it wasn’t a completely wasted trip to the lower east side, but I wasn’t a huge fan because it was a cake doughnut and I prefer the yeast doughnuts). This time, I decided to visit first thing in the morning to make sure I could buy any doughnut I wanted! I had to cab it to the shop since I was running late for brunch reservations but it was worth it – the shop still had all of their doughnuts and I got to pick from a large assortment:

I ended up buying three – the creme brulee was my favorite – a crackly layer of sugar on top of the yeast doughnut:

Filled with vanilla custard:

Second favorite was the vanilla glazed doughnut with blackberry jam:

I didn’t think there was enough blackberry jam, but it did go all the way around:

My third favorite was the meyer lemon yeast doughnut:

I didn’t think there was enough lemon flavor, Ken thought it was too lemony! I think it would’ve been better if it was a meyer lemon doughnut filled with lemon curd.

Doughnut Plant sells their doughnuts at Dean and Deluca outlets but I think it’s better to buy them at the actual shop; the last time I bought a vanilla bean doughnut at Dean and Deluca, it was a little stale and I think it was more expensive. I wish the Doughnut Plant was closer to my apartment (or easier to get to) because I’d go there every day!