Sandy's Doughnut Sandwich

Posted by Sandy Gluck

Last week, I talked about ciders and punches and it made me think of apple cider donuts and how much I like them. So I figured, why not make one into a sandwich. Maybe a little out of the ordinary, but it seemed to me that those autumn flavors, coupled with a really nice cheese, might make a delicious sandwich. I've enjoyed apple cider donuts at Hearth restaurant in NYC and found their recipe at Smitten Kitchen. I swapped in a cup of whole wheat flour for 1 cup of all-purpose, and added a grated apple and I was on my way! These were delicious; cakey, with a wonderful crumb. Perfect for a doughnut, a little less so for a sandwich, there was no way I could halve these horizontally. Not one to be put off, I simply topped them with thin slices of a young Manchego cheese (Cheddar would work well too), and a dollop of a mayo-mustard-honey mix, and voila! An open-face, doughnut sandwich. Necessity truly is the mother of invention.