Visit these 4 Iowa farms and grab a dozen apple cider doughnuts
Satisfy your desire for apple sweets this fall with the classic doughnuts coated in cinnamon sugar. Treat yourself to a single apple cider doughnut, or head home with a dozen, or two, of these freshly baked desserts across these four central Iowa locations.
Wills Family Orchard
Visit the family-owned 60-acre farm west of Des Moines for apple cider doughnuts and stay for the Apple & Pumpkin Fest Saturdays and Sundays through the third weekend of October. Go apple picking, find pumpkins and gourds and spend the afternoon in a corn maze or on a hay wagon ride.
Location: 33130 Panther Creed Road in Adel
Price: $1.50 for a single, $6.50 for a half-dozen and $12 for a dozen
Hours: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.
Deal’s Orchard
This family-owned orchard spans back more than a century and offers produce to seasonal activities, including photo opportunities for their blooming flowers to a fall festival on Oct. 14-15 complete with live music, a pumpkin patch and other family-friendly activities.
Location: 1102 244th St. in Jefferson
Price: $1.25 for a single, $6 for a half-dozen and $12 for a dozen
Hours: Open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Iowa Orchard Farm Market
Get your fill of apple cider doughnuts at Iowa Orchard’s Farm Market, which offers homemade pies and seasonal produce. Bonus, indulge in pumpkin doughnuts available only on the weekends.
Location: 9875 Meredith Drive in Urbandale
Price: $1.50 for a single, $7 for a half-dozen and $13 for a dozen
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday
Center Grove Orchard
Family-owned and operated Center Grove Orchard has been open to the public for nearly 30 years. The working farm offers you-pick events, including for their 20-acre apple orchard, to hayrides and a corn maze. Treat yourself to more than just doughnuts with a purchase of the orchard’s tasting passport and select different treats off a menu that includes apple nachos and a apple cider doughnut tower.
Location: 32835 610th Ave. in Cambridge
Price: $1.25 for a single, $6.50 for a half-dozen and $10.95 for a dozen
Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
Paris Barraza covers entertainment, lifestyle and arts at the Des Moines Register. Reach her at PBarraza@registermedia.com or follow her on Twitter @ParisBarraza.
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