My wife and I had been to the old location some years ago and were wonderfully impressed by the product. As a baking professional myself for almost 40 years, I knew good donut recipes when I tasted them. Recently, we were back in E.P. and...were thrilled that the donuts were now available at the Sinclair station just down the road from the original location. Wait, what? OK, well, let's check it out, right?...Sunday morning about 8:00 we were greeted by two friendly and enthusiastic people who were patient with us as we kept adding to our order. Along with two large coffees from the station's refreshment bar (surprisingly good, too, even to my, uh, coffee connoisseur wife), we reveled in glazed, iced, and filled heaven back at the lodge. And we had some left for Monday, too, still good and almost as fresh as Sunday's.
I traveled the country for years assisting bakeries large and small with issues related to product formulation, processing, food safety, quality maintenance, etc., and the only donuts I've ever had that might be a smidge better are from LaMar's in Kanas City. But there's NO WAY that we would miss going back to Donut Haus the next time we're in E.P.
Thank you Donut Ladies for honoring Herr d'Alquen's recipes, and his considerable legacy!More