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Growing up, my mother did most of the cooking. My father had two specialties in his recipe arsenal: peach pancakes<\/a> and taking my sister and me to the local doughnut shop on Sunday mornings. My sister and I always picked long john doughnuts with rainbow sprinkles, and our dad always went for an apple fritter<\/a>. We never deviated.<\/p>\n

While my doughnut repertoire has expanded as an adult, long john doughnuts still conjure strong memories of happy nostalgia. This homemade long john doughnut recipe tastes exactly like those treats from my youth.<\/p>\n

Learning how to make long john doughnuts is a great place to start on your yeasted doughnut journey. Their simple rectangular shape means you don’t need a fancy round doughnut mold<\/a>, just a sharp knife. Plus, once you master this basic glazed recipe, you can get creative with other icings, fillings and toppings. Homemade long john doughnuts are endlessly versatile.<\/p>\n

What is a long john doughnut?<\/h2>\n

Long johns are a type of yeast-risen doughnut with a rectangular shape. The differences between yeast and cake doughnuts<\/a> is, of course, the yeast, the kneading and the rising time for the dough. Long johns also don’t have holes like their circular counterparts (sorry, no scraps for doughnut holes<\/a>), but they are just as versatile in taste and appearance. A long john doughnut recipe can be simply glazed or topped with various colored or flavored icings, such as maple, chocolate or vanilla. Long johns are also often filled with creams, custards or jam and garnished with sprinkles, nuts or other toppings.<\/p>\n

No one knows the exact<\/em> origin of long john doughnuts, perhaps because the term long john<\/em> is regional. For example, long john<\/em> is most commonly used in the Midwest, Canada and sometimes Texas. Other parts of the U.S. and Canada refer to these doughnuts as bar doughnuts, \u00e9clairs, finger doughnuts, maple or chocolate bars (depending on the icing), or cream sticks.<\/p>\n

Long John Doughnut Ingredients<\/h2>\n