Fill in the Blanks fill in th blanks. HISTORY OF DOUGHNUTS Online version fill in the blanks with the best words by English Generation 1 uncooked taught eliminated suddenly poked name stories exposed remove trick fried stories sailor interchangeably increased were brought interview refer raw introduced punch middle invented version Fried dough has been made all around the world . Dutch settlers who apple and cream pies , cookies , and cobbler to the New World also doughnuts . Their doughnuts called " olykoeks , " or oily cakes ? sweet dough balls in pork fat . Early doughnuts were often filled with apples , prunes , or raisins . The " doughnut " may to the nuts put in the of the dough ball to prevent an center . Today , " doughnut " and " donut " are used . There are three about why doughnuts have holes in the center . Hanson Crockett Gregory , was a 16 - year - old who the doughnut hole . One story says that , Captain Gregory ? s ship hit a sudden storm . He impaled the doughnut as a spoke on the steering wheel to keep his hands free . The spoke drove a hole through the raw center of the doughnut . Captain Gregory liked the doughnuts better that way , and the doughnut hole was born . In one of the , he didn't like nuts , so he them out and ordered the ship's cook to the centers from doughnuts . The third comes from an with Captain Gregory in the Washington Post . Gregory didn't like the greasiness of doughnuts twisted into various shapes , or the center of regular doughnuts . He had the idea to a hole with the ship's tin pepper box . When he got home , he this new doughnut to his mother . Making a hole the surface area to the hot oil and the uncooked center .