Washington, DCApple Cider Donuts

Washingtonian sends readers to this Centreville farm for the pumpkin patch and the hayrides, then tells them to stay for the doughnuts the farm makes itself. The cider in the batter is Rinkler's, made in Virginia, and the doughnuts come rolled in cinnamon sugar. During Fall Festival weekends the fryers run around the clock to keep up with demand. The 2026 festival runs September 19 to November 8. Order a bag of cider doughnuts straight from the fryer before you head out on the hayride.

Washingtonian critic Ann Limpert reports that the doughnuts here come straight from the fryer with the airiness of a yeast doughnut and the flavor and crumb of a cake doughnut. The magazine also flags the cider slushies, which can be layered with soft serve ice cream. Around the bakery the farm runs its Fall Fun Fest, with a seven acre corn maze, pedal karts, hayrides and pick your own apples and pumpkins. The farm market runs daily from early September into November. Order the doughnuts hot and a cider slushy with soft serve.

Washingtonian describes a 267 acre farm in Prince George's County, with a corn maze and farm animals and a bakery that turns out cake doughnuts in flavors from red velvet to toasted coconut. The magazine says the apple cider version, baked fresh each morning, is what people actually come for. The bakery serves them glazed or rolled in cinnamon sugar, beside apple pies, cakes and soft serve. Order the cider doughnuts rolled in cinnamon sugar and a cone to go with them.