You're killing me girl!! These were my all-time favorite donut back in my hometown! There was this little run-down strip mall and the shop itself was tiny! Rollen's Donuts! There were a couple small tables and maybe 4-5 chairs total, but most of their business was to-go anyway.

I used to go there with my parents when I was a little girl. Then as I got older and moved away and eventually moved back, I'd forgotten about it. Fast forward a wedding and couple of babies later and we were driving by when my husband mentioned how much his family had loved going to Rollen's. We had heard it had been sold, and were not expecting much when we stopped in. The young woman behind the counter was so friendly and told us that when she bought the place the recipes were sold to her as well! Oh and the product did not disappoint!! Just like I remembered.

Now here's the tragedy... Out of my 4 kids, we have one with those crazy allergies and with all the substitutions and crazy mad scientist type baking I've pulled off, donuts just haven't worked out for me yet. When you have to avoid wheat, eggs, dairy, corn, soy & a few others, donuts are just not happening.

Fortunately, I've been working on her allergy friendly scone recipe and am even working on a muffin recipe that is supposed to taste like a maple glazed donut, so we'll see where that leads us.

In the meanwhile, thanks for the trip down memory lane. Those pictures are so good I can practically taste them right now. Mmm...