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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

And they have a good, dense, yeasted jelly doughnut.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022

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

At right is in image taken on Jan. 8, 2014 showing a rock shaped like a jelly doughnut.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2014

When he came back he had a jelly doughnut in his hand and a sailor hat on his head.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli