Editing Doughnut (section)

===Forerunner===
A recipe for a [[List of fried dough foods|deep-fried dough ball]] was recorded by [[Cato the Elder]] in his ''[[de agri cultura]]'', using cheese, honey, and poppy seeds, called ''globi''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cato |first=Marcus |author-link=Cato the Elder |others=Translated by William P. Thayer |title=De Agri Cultura |trans-title=On Agriculture |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cato/De_Agricultura/home.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=[[University of Chicago]] |at=79}}</ref> Similar types of fried dough recipes have either spread to, or originated, in other parts of [[European cuisine|Europe]] and the [[List of cuisines|World]].<ref name="Brown">{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Ellen |title=Donut Nation: A Cross-Country Guide to America's Best Donut Shops |publisher=[[Running Press]] p. 53 |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-7624-5525-6}}</ref>

The cookbook ''Küchenmeisterei'' (''Mastery of the Kitchen''), published in [[Nuremberg]] in 1485, offers a recipe for "Gefüllte Krapfen", stuffed, fried dough cakes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doughnuts: a German creation from the 1400s – @GermanyinUSA|url=https://germanyinusa.com/2019/04/30/doughnuts-a-german-creation-from-the-1400s/|access-date=9 October 2021|website=germanyinusa.com|date=30 April 2019 }}</ref>

The Spanish and Portuguese [[churro]] is a [[choux pastry]] dough that would also be served in a ring-shape. The recipe may have been brought from, or introduced to China, in the 16th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/the-hidden-history-of-churros|title=The Hidden History of Churros|website=Fox News|date=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200616-the-complex-origins-of-beloved-churros|date=17 June 2020|first=Mike|last=Randolph|website=[[BBC]]|title=The complex origin of beloved churros}}</ref>

[[File:Krispykremesbeingmade.JPG|thumb|Glazed doughnuts rolling on a conveyor belt at a [[Krispy Kreme]] [[List of doughnut shops|doughnut shop]]]]
[[File:Hand It To 'em - the Salvation Army Art.IWMPST17351.jpg|thumb|[[World War I]] propaganda poster featuring [[The Salvation Army]], which made doughnuts for soldiers in Europe]]