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A lot more than love goes in to making doughnuts

      While Donut Country may run short on doughnuts sometimes, they are never short on love. Making doughnuts is a labor of love, and it is evident that Donut Country's hard working bakers definitely love what they do.

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The Bakers

Each night the Donut Country bake staff arrives at 7 p.m. They don their aprons, start a fresh pot of coffee and begin the long night of churning out over 3,000 doughnuts. The night begins with each of the four bakers mixing and hand-cutting the six different cake doughnuts they offer, One baker mans the fryer all night, carefully dropping and flipping each doughnut until they are a smooth golden brown. Each screen of doughnuts is glazed immediately upon exiting the fryer and then set aside to cool. 

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The Process

The head bakers mix yeast dough for 30 minutes then separate and loaf the dough. Timing is so important so bakers begin their next mix as soon as the first mix is out of the bowl. This process is repeated until they have produced enough doughnuts to sell the next day. 

Yeast doughnuts are cut using a cutting machine. The machine ensures the dough is the correct texture and thickness needed to produce the perfect doughnut. The head bakers hand–pick each doughnut and hole. The baker manning the fryer repeats the process all night – dropping them into the fryer, flipping them, removing from the fryer and glazing them.

Arguably the most important job of the night is that of the finisher. The finisher inspects every doughnut The best doughnuts are sorted, and the finisher hand ices and decorates each one. 

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The Love

Donut Country employees say that in order to achieve the perfect doughnut, their secret ingredient is love. The love for their job is fueled by the smiles on the customer's faces when they bite into their handmade fresh doughnut.

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Eleven–time Best Doughnut Shop award winner, Donut Country has proudly served the Murfreesboro area for over 40 years. While churning out over 10,000 doughnuts a week Donut Country's passion is to provide the community with feel–good doughnuts that are hand–cut, fresh and homemade daily.

Donut Country – always great to have a'round!

1311 Memorial Blvd. – 1691 Middle Tennessee Blvd. – Murfreesboro, TN

615-890-3129 – www.donutcountry.com