A doughnut is a round piece of fried dough with a hole in the middle or filled with cream or jelly.

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It is often mixed with cream of tartar, a fine powder commonly used in cooking.

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Mix eight grams of alum with seven grams of cream of tartar in a small amount of hot water.

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And we serve them with a trio of dipping sauces -- chocolate,ginger cream cheese and a blackberry jam."

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