to the donut shop!
druber’s donuts is small town food at it’s finest.
nothing has changed in here in 30 years at least.
yet it’s charming…
i thought they made them all by hand??
they have these cool big cutters for different kinds of donuts.
the owner showed the kids how they make each kind.
and did you know when they fry them…they float?
i didn’t.
and he showed how they glaze, frost and sprinkle them.
and fill them with pudding.
i think i need a machine like this at home.
annie’s favorite kind…chocolate with sprinkles.
after all that they put them in the glass case.
wouldn’t it be fun to have a glass case at home too?
ha ha ha
i found this field trip so very interesting.
i am so glad annie begged me to come.
i was totally clueless about how donuts were made.
and now i am so hungry for a donut!
Camm - Love your blog! I may have commented once before, but can’t recall – wanted to let you know how much I look foward to your posts! I do have a question for you…I am in desperate need of suggestions…ideas for the perfect end of the year gifts for my daughters teachers…and for the preschool teacher that I help out…it is her last year…I want something that I can do with the students…to present to the teacher….would like to stay away from the typical hand-print, apple teacher tote type things that they all get! Any ideas? I sure would appreciate it!!
Thanks 😉
Sara - When I worked at Joe’s bakery in Lawrence I got to put the creme filling in the donuts. I also used to give free donuts to this one really hot guy and then a few years later we got married. ha ha. seriously, working there from 6 till midnight was so funny. At least I didn’t have to wear a hair net!
melissa @ the inspired room - Yeah, donuts float probably from all the fat. Just like I float to the top of a pool. 🙂 If you are muscular you go to the bottom. Not me!
I love how Annie is chewing on the side of the counter. I cracked up. Such a kid thing to do. And so sanitary. Where was her mother? (LOL, totally kidding). My son was just eating dinner with the most disgustingly dirty hands ever. Kids!
Such sweet photos, I need a donut. Oh, wait, no I don’t. We had strawberry shortcake for dinner. Well, dessert. We are really eager for summer.
Happy Thursday night!
Melissa
April - Yea..they float..I remember the first time I saw dounut made I was like…they float?? too….
Jimaie - that is SO cool! i love that they make them by hand, i bet they taste SO much better that way!
We used to have a Krispy Kreme in our town and i’d take my kids there for our own little field trips b/c they had a place where you could watch TONS of donuts being made…but then they closed them down 🙁 waa.
i want a donut.
Lee Ann - What fun! That’s something they’ll always remember. I can smell it now. My mom is a retired teacher. One year she had a student whose parents owned the local donut shop. They would wake him at 2am and take him to the shop and put him to sleep in the back room. He always smelled like donuts. That would almost drive me crazy. I’d want to eat one every day! Who doesn’t love a donut?
Jill (One Wired Woman) - Oh Yummy! Today’s post on my blog is about my son’s field trip too! Great minds think alike, right? 🙂 ~Jill
Gini - Oh my gosh those look fantastic….I need to step away from the photo and get back on the treadmill……..
kristin - it was good.
and i couldn’t believe the process. i will never underappreciate my drubers donut again.
glad you were there.
: )
chris - Yummy, and educational….
Lori - Hey Megan – Great to hear from you! I love reading your blog. You always look like you’re having such fun – not passed out with exhaustion, which is what I’d be if I had 5 kids! Maybe once you’ve survived Lauren’s teenage years you could pass on some tips for the rest of us? Good luck!!!
Oh yeah – we moved to New Jersey last summer when my husband got a job out here. We thought we were moving into the city, but we ended up finding this place out in the wilderness. It’s crazy with the bears! I do miss Chicago. What a great city. NYC is great, too, and not too far away. It’s a long way from Kansas, though!
carissa - now THAT”S what i call a field trip! 🙂
too fun
mom - Lorel – I never knew that you went for donuts after driver’s ed. Megan – did you get to do that too?
I took Macy to Crispy Creme donuts to watch these process. It was different there – much more high tech; everything on a big conveyor belt. I like both ways, but Druber’s is much more personable.
Liz - Wow. I’m so jealous. Maybe I can convince my bosses to take a day trip to the donut shop? Adorable pics.
lorel - Whenever we go to Druber’s with you, I am reminded of Driver’s Ed. when I was 14 (so young!). A group of 2 or 3 kids and Mr. Dutchendorf, our teacher, practiced driving on the highway, in town(with more than one stoplight), and parking skills. Then we would stop and get a donut. Probably why I am such a bad driver all these years – I was either too worried about GETTING to the donut shop, or my blood sugar was spiking and crashing if it was my turn to drive afterward. hee hee
candy - That looks like so much fun!! 🙂
traci - i’m hungry for a donut too!!! yum!
Crystal - I love how Annie is staring intently at that donut! Cute!
amy d - I told you it was a cool place!!! did they at least give everyone a free donut? you just made me crave donuts 🙂