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 244thSt. 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 610thAve. 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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