jelly doughnut

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Although attendees were mourning, the event was joyous and featured traditional Hannukah treats of latkes, which are fried potato pancakes, and sufganiyot, which are jelly doughnuts.

From Los Angeles Times

In Israel, jelly doughnuts for Hanukkah are especially popular and are sometimes filled with chocolate or halvah.

From Washington Times

At one forum in early March, he gleefully scarfed down two jelly doughnuts from the boxes he had brought.

From Los Angeles Times

So on a Sunday in late January, she invited her two adult sons, 33 and 28, and their partners, along with close family friends, to come over for latkes and jelly doughnuts.

From New York Times

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