My mom made us PILES AND PILES of doughboys every Sunday when we were kids. Been over 50 years since i had one. I still remember them like it was yesterday. I would give ANYTHING to travel back in time to ONE MORE Sunday with my parents, my siblings and some hot doughboys.
David, my Mom cooked doughboys for so many years. Our family had six kids and we could eat a ton of doughboys. She was from Rhode Island. My brother and I were talking about these amazing breakfast items this morning. Your post hit home and took me back sixty years ago. I travel back in my mind often to those incredible mornings and the delicious memories. Yep, one more time would be great. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I had heard mysterious tales of this Rhode Island institution ever since arriving in New England. Touted as a must-have item for any fairground trip my first experience of the doughboy was actually a savoury doughboy/pizza hybrid from the new Downcity Italian restaurant Rosalina.
The doughboy is essentially a pizza type bread dough that is deep fried until it's golden brown then topped with something. Traditionally it's powdered and granulated sugar, cinnamon is a pretty heavy theme Stateside so Cinnamon sugar is also a well known topping (and should, quite frankly, be mandatory).
The Rosalina fried dough was their take on the margarita pizza. Golden crisp dough is slathered in their home made, amazing red sauce then topped with parmesan, herbs, olive oil and some green scallions. It was incredible.
Had I only experienced one or the other I could resign myself to them being a treat one must acquire from a restaurant or fariground. But having been exposed to the mastery of both the sweet and savoury version I am going to HAVE to attempt to make these myself- if not just to pass on the knowledge to my British friends who may not have discovered the king amongst baked goods- The Doughboy.
So why not feed a whole crowd with Doughboys toasty, warm sandwiches, delicious salads and freshly baked cookies & pastries. We'll do the hardwork so you don't have to. So just sit back, relax and accept all the praise!
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