Healdsburg’s 109A Plaza St., formerly Burdock, has gotten a bright orange paint makeover in preparation for the arrival of Dutch Door Donuts, a Carmel-based doughnut shop opening a second location in northern Sonoma County.
These aren’t Dunkin’ style but made-to-order masterpieces of fried dough that come in seasonal flavors like passion fruit and hibiscus, miso caramel, salted brown butter and almond sesame cinnamon. For purists, there’s also vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon.
Co-owner and chef Tucker Bunch founded a chain of fresh beignet shops in the Houston area and is a former instructor at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena. Bunch has worked with a local team to bring Dutch Door to Healdsburg, which he thinks will be a good fit for his artisan doughnuts.
“We don’t have racks of doughnuts cooked in the middle of the night before,” Bunch said. “We use a long-fermented dough process and roll and hand-shape the doughnuts.”
Then, they’re quickly fried and flavored with various glazes, nuts and toppings. Bunch said each will cost between $4.50 and $5, in line with other gourmet doughnut shops like Johnny Doughnuts in Santa Rosa.
“We get to sell joy every day,” he said.
Dutch Door Donuts will open in late spring. dutchdoordonuts.com
In the meantime, check out some of the best doughnut shops in the county here.
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