Food

Sweet on Israeli Doughnuts

Matt Kirouac

Doughnuts may be an American pastime, but Israel is just as fond of its fried dough. At Chicago’s Firecakes Donuts, Jonathan Fox makes a version of sufganiyot, the classic Israeli jelly-filled doughnut. “Our version has a higher ratio of jelly to dough,” he says. “And there’s a good amount of egg in the dough as well; it’s more like challah bread.” This allows the tiny dough rounds to...