Why can't doughnuts be square?

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Answer 1

i never really thought about that! maybe because when they cut the hole in the middle they can use that for selling the donut holes but really idk why they decided they would be a circle!

Answer 2

Toast is square. =)

I like squares too.

Answer 3

Well...its simply cause the doughnut was designed round. Like an eclair, if made round would be called a profiterole and if fried we call it a beignet..

Answer 4

Beignets are square!

Beignets were brought to Louisiana by the Acadians. These were fried fritters, sometimes filled with fruit. Today, the beignet is a square piece of dough, fried and covered with powdered sugar. They are served in orders of three.

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Answer 5

Beignets are square and they are essentially doughnuts.

Also, you have bars (some places call them long johns) and twist which are rectangular.

Answer 6

I'm sure people make doughnuts square but I think most of us still like the original circle doughnuts. Good luck to ye!

Answer 7

I guess that's why they called it dough nuts because the are a circle. If they where going to be squared they will be call Square nuts.

Answer 8

Because then when you did "doughnuts" in your car, like on ice or in the rain for fun, you would have to drive in a square instead of a constant turn - which is more fun! :)

p.s. - Rican - "dough" doesnt mean circle, lol

Answer 9

that would be harder to make

and then they would take longer to make

and the obese people wouldnt have as many doughnuts to binge on

Answer 10

Robert Irvine made some square ones last night, on Dinner Impossible.....and filled doughnuts are quite often square