Classic Hanukkah doughnuts
Photo credit: Jeremy Bales | Baker Evan Zucker makes special Hannukah doughnuts, sufganiyots, at ZuckerBakers kosher bakery in North Bellmore. (Dec. 8, 2011)
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It might seem that getting eight nights worth of presents is the best thing about Hanukkah, but it isn't. The doughnuts are.
In the United States and in Europe, fried potato latkes are the best- known food for celebrating the legendary miracle of one day's worth of oil that burned in the temple for eight days. But, puffy doughnuts called sufganiyot (which means "sponge," describing the texture)...
