Betty Ann Food Shop for the Best Donuts
HOW TO MAKE A TRIP TO LOGAN AIRPORT A TASTE SENSATION
O.K. , I know you’re not looking forward to that early morning run from southern New Hampshire to bring a friend or relative to Logan Airport, right? Well I have a way to turn the drudgery of being a taxi into a ride in a time machine and an incredible gastronomical experience all wrapped into one. When you’re returning from Logan take a short 1/4 mile detour into East Boston and the Betty Ann Food Shop “Donut” experience.
Don’t be put off by the rather modest appearence of the exterior. This place has been a bakery since the late 1890’s. In fact, the oven is still fired by coal. The whole interior looks as if it was frozen in time seventy or eighty years ago. The baker is William Scantlebury who began working at Mary Ann’s after high school. His grandfather opened the bakery in 1931.
Both the cake and yeast dough recipes have been handed down from, Scantlebury’s grandfather. All of the dough is prepared by hand. There is a limited variety but that adds to the appeal. The cake donuts are dusted with granulated sugar. The yeast donuts include jelly, lemon, and sugar raised. Hot out of the oven you will swear you never had a donut until this moment. Nostalgia never tasted this good.
Betty Ann Food Shop also offers cookies, brownies, danish, pies and cake. Stop by on Saturday morning for baked beans. The shop is only open mornings from 7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. Tueday through Friday and 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. on Saturday. They are closed Monday. Take my advice, take a detour in time and enjoy! From the Logan Airport exit bear right onto 1A north. Take your first exit and stay straight onto the ramp onto Bennington Street for a couple of blocks. Watch for 565 Bennington on your right. Reverse to return to the Callahan Tunnel. 617-567-1479