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The Amish Donut Trail

Bake days, cream sticks and donuts sold until they're gone.

The three largest Amish settlements in the country are in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Holmes County, Ohio; and Elkhart and LaGrange counties in northern Indiana. All three fry donuts.

Amish donuts are yeast donuts made from scratch: glazed, cream-filled, or rolled in cinnamon sugar. They're made for the family table and sold at bakeries, auctions and community events. Bakers start around 4 a.m. Get there early.

Plenty of Amish bakeries list no phone, no website and no hours. We've included what we can confirm, and we say so when we can't.

Bakers start around 4 a.m. Get there early.

Check before you drive

Some of these shops close for winter, some bake only certain days, and several post no hours at all. Call where there's a number.

How far apart they are

Rolling out the map…

Positions are approximate, town-level.

Holmes County, Ohio

The second-largest Amish settlement in the country, and the densest run of bakeries on this trail.

Miller's Bakery
Township Rd 356, between Charm and Berlin, OH · since 1967
330-893-3002
Sam and Barbara Miller started baking in their basement in 1967, and it's Holmes County's oldest bakery. They moved to this spot in 1978.
The shop is lit without electricity, a wood stove heats the room, and the coffee is free. Donuts, cream sticks and fritters are all from scratch, from family recipes.
Known for: Donuts, cream sticks, cheese tarts
Amish Country Donuts & Cafe
522 Dover Rd NE, Sugarcreek, OH
Mon to Sat, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A husband-and-wife team bought a mobile donut unit in 2014 and gave themselves five years to open a storefront. They made it, and the trailer still runs.
"The Original" is a sourdough donut in a light maple glaze, about the size of your head. Every flavor starts from the same sourdough.
Known for: The head-sized maple sourdough donut
See the listing →
Kauffman's Country Bakery
6013 County Rd 77, Millersburg, OH · since 1992
330-893-2129
Brothers Steve and Richard Kauffman opened it in 1992, and it's one of the largest bakeries in Amish Country: dozens of pastries, donuts and fry pies.
Go for the apple fritters, cream sticks and blueberry donuts.
Known for: Cream sticks and blueberry donuts
Hershberger's Farm & Bakery
5452 OH-557, Millersburg, OH
330-674-6096
Fresh cream sticks, donuts, and cinnamon rolls with maple and chocolate icing. Bring the kids: there's a petting area and buggy rides most of the year.
Known for: Cream sticks and fry pies
Written about, not listed. A farm and bakery, so it lives on this trail rather than in the listings.

Northern Indiana

Shipshewana, Middlebury and the Elkhart-LaGrange settlement.

Rise'n Roll Bakery
US 20 between Middlebury and Shipshewana, IN · since 2001
An Amish couple started selling family recipes from their front porch in Shipshewana in 2001. Their first bakery opened in Middlebury in 2004, run by hand without electricity.
A non-Amish family bought it in 2009 and began franchising, and the founder stayed on. The Cinnamon Caramel Donut is the one everyone buys.
Known for: The Cinnamon Caramel Donut
Written about, not listed. Rise'n Roll now franchises, so it sits outside the directory's rules.
Blue Gate Bakery
195 N Van Buren St, Shipshewana, IN
The in-town stop. Amish bakers make donuts by the dozen here, cake donuts and iced long johns included, from traditional recipes.
Known for: Long johns
Written about, not listed. A restaurant bakery, so it lives on this trail rather than in the listings.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

The largest settlement of all has a trail of its own, with fastnachts and fruit-and-cream. Drive Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

And beyond

Bake-day shops in Pennsylvania's Big Valley, rural Iowa and the DC suburbs.

Allensville Donuts
35 Cider Press Ln, Allensville, PA (Big Valley)
Ben and Lena Yoder moved out of their home kitchen and into this shop in 2021 because demand outgrew it. Ben's secret, he told the Sentinel: good ingredients.
It's a bake-day shop. Open Wednesday and Saturday mornings until sold out, cash and checks only. Wednesday is also Big Valley's auction and flea market day in nearby Belleville.
Known for: Wednesday and Saturday donuts, until they're gone
Golden Delight Bakery
2289 Johnson Washington Rd, Kalona, IA · since 2003
Nathan Miller's Amish bakery sits on gravel roads outside Kalona, Iowa's oldest and largest Amish community.
It closes every year from New Year's Eve through March and reopens in spring with free donuts and coffee. Donuts, donut holes, and cherry kolaches.
Known for: Donuts and cherry kolaches
See the listing →
Yoder's Dutch Delights
9145 Manassas Dr, Manassas Park, VA (plus an Ashburn kiosk)
Siblings Sam and Jules Yoder grew up in an Amish Mennonite community in Pennsylvania and went from a food truck to a storefront outside DC.
The family recipe uses sourdough, yeast and very little sugar. The donuts are big rustic rings, and the original glazed is the best seller.
Known for: The big rustic glazed ring
See the listing →

Amish bakers are up at four so the case is full by seven. Your nearest shop probably keeps similar hours. Here's where it is.

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