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.

Crescent Nutella S'mores

Ok, so I'm definitely on a crescent roll kick. Last night, I just couldn't find it in myself to reheat leftovers, so I added some cheese and leftover tomato sauce, and in Zack's case, bacon, to a pack of unrolled crescent rolls. The results? Not so pretty, but definitely tasty. I'll have to write about it next time.

But this morning I'm all alone while Zack is doing his show, so I've decided to treat myself to something other than a Pop Tart. (And since healthy and nutrional options are currently not in stock in this household, I'll let this fun unhealthy breakfast slide, just this once 😉

Now I'm pretty sure I've seen this on Pinterest before, so no copyright infringement intended. This is just my own take on what I'm craving and what's in my pantry.

Let's start by preheating that oven. Lay out your crescent rolls on your baking sheet (or prep plate). Add some melted butter on top and spread evenly.

Next, add a nice scoop of Nutella to each roll, and spread evenly. Sprinkle some cinnamon. Add about little scoop of chocolate chips to the top portion of each roll, followed by 4 or 5 mini marshmallows. Roll carefully. Sprinkle with cinnamon on top as well. Bake as instructed on package.

They really are a thing of beauty when they're done. I wish I had whipped cream, but I did sprinkle some chocolate syrup on top.

I don't know if I can wait the cooling off period. So pumped. 

Gonna nene a big glass of milk to go with this one! 😄

Until next time, good eats!!

Kate