Monday, April 7, 2014

Easy Peasy Homemade Donuts

Mmmmm....donuts. So delicious. But there are some days even Dunkin's drive thru seems out of reach. Or, if you're a Jersey Shore food snob like me, you like the taste of real donuts. So I scanned Pinterest and my pantry and went to work.

All you need to start is a can of biscuits. Since I have a mini deep fryer, I went with the regular size, but depending on your fryer,   you probably want the Grands. For mine, I just ripped a hole in the middle and fixed up the circle.


 For larger biscuits, you could make holes with the rim of a water bottle (and then make donut holes!). Drop in the fryer at around 375,  let brown, and flip.



 When evenly lightly brown on both sides, drip and let them dry for a moment.

Now for the topping! Today I went pretty basic, though I'm hoping to try frostings and fillings next time. I started with a bowl of cinnamon and sugar mixed. 


After my first set, I also put confectionary sugar in a freezer bag and dropped the donut in and shook it up. Either way, the results were pretty awesome.


Recipe:

1 can of biscuits
Oil for deep frying
Powdered sugar
Granulated sugar
Cinnamon

Create donut rounds from the biscuits. Drop in deep fryer at 375 until lightly browned on both sides. Drip dry and frost as desired.