Part of our holiday tradition at Collegiate is a breakfast for faculty and staff the Wednesday before Christmas Break. (The kids have a late arrival that day.) For the first time, along with the fresh fruit, yoghurt, bacon, breakfast pizza, and muffins, the doughnut truck of Mrs. Yoder was parked outside the dining hall with fresh hot glazed doughnuts for all. I had heard of this lady but never tried her wares until today. All I can say is, I'm glad I don't live anywhere near the Farmers' Market where she sells doughnuts because they are positively addicting. Here is a description from a local publication:
"Mrs. Yoder’s Kitchen began operating four years ago when Jay and Judy Yoder moved to Dinwiddie County to start a new Mennonite community. The business has exploded since then, with lines on Saturday mornings at South of the James Market snaking through the crowd as diehard fans patiently wait for their large, lumpy, hand-dipped glazed doughnuts. The Yoders’ sourdough recipe gives them their distinct, addictive flavor and sets them apart from the rest of the doughnuts in Richmond.
“The busiest day has probably been 1,500 doughnuts. I have no idea how many people, because some people get half a dozen and a dozen doughnuts,” Judy Yoder told Style in 2012. “I was so surprised that people in Richmond would like our doughnuts, that they would stand in line for half an hour. And they keep coming back.”
