One weekend, after we moved back here to Alameda after living in Antioch for a year and a half, T and I went to six different doughnut shops in town in one day (this does not include the bakeries at Safeway and Albertson’s, which we also tried) in search of the perfect Maple Bar.

We bought donuts from each place, took them home, cut them up, and sampled each one. None of them compared to Al’s Donuts in Antioch!!!! I don’t think I’ve had a donut since we moved — and that was back in June!!!

Thank goodness for mom’s… she’s bringing me one this weekend!