Cinnamon Roll Almond Flour Donuts, via Roost

National Doughnut Day falls every year on the first Friday in June, and unlike other "national days" devoted to random things, this one actually has some historical significance: in 1938 the Salvation Army created National Doughnut Day to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. In fact, the Salvation Army introduced the doughnut to Americans - and, as a result, instigated the never-ending battle between sweet surrender and self-control. (Sigh.) But today we give in unabashedly to the delicious deep-fried doughnut with 10 recipes you can make at home!

TOP ROW
• Cheater Recipe: Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts, via The Kitchn
• Recipe: Sour Cream & Onion Doughnuts, via The Kitchn
• Recipe Review: Baked Doughnuts from Heidi Swanson, via The Kitchn
• Recipe: Spiced Doughnuts With Dark Chocolate Glaze, via The Kitchn
• Orange Glazed Blueberry Donuts, via Cooking with the Big Dogs

BOTTOM ROW
• Recipe: Spiced Sweet Potato Doughnuts, via Leanne Bakes
• Savory Avocado Donut, via Pure2Raw
• Doughnuts and Passion Fruit Juice, via Pure Vegetarian by Lakshmi
• Cinnamon Roll Almond Flour Donuts, via Roost
• Baked Chocolate-Hazelnut Crunch Donuts, via The Little Epicurean

OTHER DOUGHNUT POSTS
• Confessions of a Doughnut Queen: 50 Recipes in 5 Weeks
• Look! Deep-Fried Donut Peaches (aka Donut Peach Donuts)
• Why Not? Let's Make Homemade Doughnuts!
• Oven-Baked Doughnuts at Home: Doughnut Pans
• Looking for a Great Baked Doughnut Recipe
• The Celluloid Pantry: Donut-Dunking and It Happened One Night (1934)
• Hip, Hip Hooray: Vegan Donut Recipes, via The Kitchn

Read More: National Donut Day - June 1, 2012

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