Glazed Donut Works
Sour Cream Old Fashioned
Pineapple Rum Fritter
Cinnamon Roll
Glazed
Cold Brew Coffee Cake
A late start after a long outdoor run and bad traffic, Wednesday morning finally found Deep Ellum’s purveyor of fried pastry open for business; owners/bakers Jeff and Corey slinging smiles and still warm sweets as I arrived to a short line just after eight – the daily menu enticing me via Facebook even before I walked through the door. A relative newcomer to the Artisan Donut scene featuring a number of brilliant concoctions that even my well-traveled eyes had not yet seen it was with a focus on classics and novelties that I set my sight and with five selections, four still warm, and a tally under $12 I made my way outside to indulge. Beginning first with two yeasted choices, the simple ring featuring subdued glaze and delicate texture while the heavily iced cinnamon roll was messy but delicious with plenty of butter and great stretch beneath a golden exterior, it was in the thicker cake donuts that GDW wowed; a pudding-cake creamy starter forming the base to an Old Fashioned that melted on the tongue whie a similarly supple “Cold Brew Coffee” ring hit like La Colombe Pure Black with a sweet finish. Admittedly impressed and saving what I assumed to be the best for last, suffice it to say that the fritter lived up to expectations – a ‘boozy breakfast’ I can sink my teeth into, the crackling glaze and crispy edges producing a sort of portable punched-up pineapple upside down cake that ranks amongst the best fritters I’ve tasted to date.
