National Donut Day!

Woo-hoo! It's National Donut Day!  God bless America...first Grilled Cheese Month, and now this.

If you can't make it to your favorite local bakery or Dunkin Donuts, don't cry...get cooking! Here's a super simple recipe from Southern Plate. No dough-making required! She's also got a killer Bismarck recipe.

So easy, so yummy.  From Southern Plate.

If you're up to making some from scratch, check out these brioche sugar donuts by Mindy Segal, owner/pastry chef of Hot Chocolate in Bucktown.  As the article suggests, these would make a great dessert!

Need more sugar? Here's a jelly donut from yet another fab Chicago pastry chef, Gale Gand.

So many options for just one day of fried deliciousness.