Once a month members of Darien's United Methodist Church gather to make, bag and sell hundreds of dozens of doughnuts. Proceeds help support church programs.
Sue Schellhase of Darien works on the doughnut line at the Darien United Methodist Church. The next doughnut day is Feb. 18.
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Jeanette Erkfitz moves the hot doughnuts to a tray to cool.
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John Jacobs works the fryer, easing the hot cake doughnuts out of the oil as soon as they're crispy outside. Thirty at a time cook in the hot fat before being brought up to cool.
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Pastor Ken Markley of Darien's United Methodist Church operates the doughnut hopper which drops dough into the hot fryer.
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Philip Putnam takes a delivery of doughnuts out the door on its way to a customer.