Dough
Web Site: https://www.doughdoughnuts.com/Address: 448 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
14 W. 19th Street, New York, NY 10011
Urban Space Vanderbilt, 230 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10169
Rating:
I had visited Dough in 2016 before my
donut obsession fully took hold, so there was no write-up. I revisited
this wondrous donut emporium recently in the UrbanSpace Vanderbilt--an
upscale food hall where Dough owns and operates a prominent kiosk.
Generally, I aim to visit the actual donut shoppes, but this particular
kiosk seemed to have quite a full inventory; and our schedule would not
allow us to easily get to the other locations. So, a lunch of donut
dining at the kiosk it was.
Wow. These donuts are a work of art and very very tasty. Here's some background: "We
knew we wanted to make a big doughnut, not just for the sake of it, but
because it would be a celebration of it! We spoke a great deal about
the texture and flavor we wanted to create and tested the dough recipe
for months. Once we finally achieved what we wanted, we developed our
flavors and opened quietly a few weeks after that. Through the testing
we also realized that we wanted to make the doughnuts in small batches
throughout the day so anyone that came to the store would experience the
incredible joy of a fresh doughnut."
Most
of Dough's donuts are yeast style--and the choices are impressive:
blood orange, dulce de leche--almonds, cinnamon sugar, plain glazed
chocolate-cocoa nib, cafe au lait, salted chocolate caramel, toasted
coconut, mocha-almond crunch, hibiscus, passion fruit, nutella, lemon
poppy, and chocolate chipotle to name the generally-available flavors.
The main cake-style donut flavors are lemon buttermilk with lemon zest
and sour cream with Mexican cinnamon sugar (others are available from
time to time).I sampled two flavors--the salted chocolate caramel
(extraordinarily decadent) and the lemon buttermilk cake donut-
(dangerously good). My only regret is that I was eating solo and would
have greatly appreciated a fellow donut traveler and taster to
experience more of their luscious flavors. You won't be saying d'oh at
Dough--don't miss it!
