The everyday donut – simple, tasty – is fried dough with a sugar glazing.

And here is a recipe for a simple, easy to make, delicious, donut.

That’s how it started – but today the simple donut has become something special and magnificent.

And today there are two types of donuts – plain and filled.

Both have morphed into something special – limited only by the imagination of the baker making them.

Let’s first look at the plain donut in many of its delicious variations.

And then we have the superb, decadent, filled donut.