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jelly doughnut

American  

noun

  1. a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.


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While it's true that berliner is a word for jelly doughnut, it wasn't the preferred term in Berlin and the surrounding area at the time.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2022

When he appeared on “Late Show With David Letterman” in 2013, he pulled a jelly doughnut out of his coat pocket and took a bite.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2019

The Hop and Hound will do a chocolate doughnut with coffee stout, French cruller with sour beer and a raspberry jelly doughnut with strawberry wheat beer.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2018

An otherwise good jelly doughnut can be undone by an inferior filling loaded with corn starch and too little fruit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2017

Andy Evans with a raspberry-dripping jelly doughnut in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson