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But in choosing the best, while I dig all of the funky toppings and creative takes, I kept an eye on the foundation as I went through doughnuts in a week — chains to independents, Mesa to Goodyear. Here are my 10 favorite doughnut shops in the Valley. All of them serve treats that taste great whether wildly adorned or enjoyed for their barest, naked essence. If you're celebrating National Doughnut Day on June 1, here's where to get started.

The new, zany doughnut shops notwithstanding, most places serve a fairly standardized list of classics, and finding daylight between the contenders on the bubble can be tough. Blooming Donuts, however, is one that poked its head above the fray.

I tried a buttermilk bar with a gentle sourness and perfect balance; an old-fashioned that was right on point; and a chocolate cake that stopped shy of being overly sweet. But my favorite was a vanilla glazed cake doughnut with a killer crisp on the bottom and a thick layer of crunchy toasted peanuts on top.

Details: W. Lower Buckeye Road, Tolleson. None will surprise you or take your breath away, but for consistent, careful execution at a high level, this is the place to be. The chocolate cake is deep and moist with just a little crisp around the edges; and the strawberry glazed lacks the artificial aftertaste of many others. Classics like the plain, buttermilk and glazed and raised are great, but the apple doughnuts were standouts.

Details: 16 Valley locations, bosadonutsaz. Click here. There are three things I love about Donut Parlor. First, the doughnuts have great flavor on their own. The Boston cream pairs a silky smooth filling with a rich chocolate icing. The lemon poppy seed cake doughnut has a great sweet, citrusy scent. Elliot Road, Tempe. This place nails the basics, sending out a crisp cake doughnut with well-developed flavor and gorgeous, light raised and glazed.

The maple bar brings plenty of maple, and the unsweetened crumb on the chocolate crumb doughnut is smartly restrained. My favorites, however, were a devastatingly crisp and crunchy apple fritter though it could have used a little more apple and a toasted coconut that struck a nice balance between the doughnut's light, yeasty flavor and toasty topping.

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