Raise your hand if you’re a longtime Westchesterian and remember Schultz’s Cider Mill in Armonk. The donuts were good, weren’t they? Sadly, Schultz’s is but a memory, having been sold several years ago and the land turned in townhouses.
I may be getting a few details wrong, but as I recall, part of the fun at Schultz’s was waiting in line and watching the donuts as they fried in hot oil and bobbed along like little log flume boats at Six Flags. They’d be sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon and thrown hot into a bag upon order; the smell was so intoxicating that you couldn’t wait to tear into one — while sipping hot apple cider, of course.
Schultz’s and other farm stands/orchards kind of ruined me for donuts, because I can’t eat a Dunkin’ Donuts or Krispy Kreme now. They’re too sickeningly sweet and I don’t like the cakey texture. And frosting? That’s just gross. I always tell people they haven’t had a real donut until they’ve had a cider donut.
I’ve driven past Acorn Farm & Garden Center on Mamaroneck Ave. dozens of times, never paying too much attention, until one day last year when I saw this sign:
That screeching sound you hear is my brakes as I slowed up and veered into the tiny parking lot. Unfortunately, Acorn was closed for the winter.
But, now they’re open again.
And they’re making fresh donuts on the weekends. $.60 a donut, with choices of plain, powdered sugar or cinnamon. I picked up two cinnamon.
Texture-wise they were a little cakey compared to a Schultz’s/Outhouse/Salinger’s donut. I would have preferred more chewiness and a crisper crust. But, fresh donuts taste best hot out the fryer, so the fact that these were room temperature could have skewed their taste a bit.
I may go back earlier in the day next time and see if I can catch a batch while they’re still warm. Because a warm donut — well, there’s not much better than that. Just ask anyone who remembers Schultz’s.
Acorn Farm & Garden Center
470 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY
914-698-7846
Stopping for Fresh Donuts
Raise your hand if you’re a longtime Westchesterian and remember Schultz’s Cider Mill in Armonk. The donuts were good, weren’t they? Sadly, Schultz’s is but a memory, having been sold several years ago and the land turned in townhouses.
I may be getting a few details wrong, but as I recall, part of the fun at Schultz’s was waiting in line and watching the donuts as they fried in hot oil and bobbed along like little log flume boats at Six Flags. They’d be sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon and thrown hot into a bag upon order; the smell was so intoxicating that you couldn’t wait to tear into one — while sipping hot apple cider, of course.
Schultz’s and other farm stands/orchards kind of ruined me for donuts, because I can’t eat a Dunkin’ Donuts or Krispy Kreme now. They’re too sickeningly sweet and I don’t like the cakey texture. And frosting? That’s just gross. I always tell people they haven’t had a real donut until they’ve had a cider donut.
I’ve driven past Acorn Farm & Garden Center on Mamaroneck Ave. dozens of times, never paying too much attention, until one day last year when I saw this sign:
That screeching sound you hear is my brakes as I slowed up and veered into the tiny parking lot. Unfortunately, Acorn was closed for the winter.
But, now they’re open again.
And they’re making fresh donuts on the weekends. $.60 a donut, with choices of plain, powdered sugar or cinnamon. I picked up two cinnamon.
Texture-wise they were a little cakey compared to a Schultz’s/Outhouse/Salinger’s donut. I would have preferred more chewiness and a crisper crust. But, fresh donuts taste best hot out the fryer, so the fact that these were room temperature could have skewed their taste a bit.
I may go back earlier in the day next time and see if I can catch a batch while they’re still warm. Because a warm donut — well, there’s not much better than that. Just ask anyone who remembers Schultz’s.
Acorn Farm & Garden Center
470 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY
914-698-7846