I loooooove donuts! Krispy Kreme, Supermarket, Duncan, glazed, sprinkled, long john's, filled, I love them all! Well... not all, I don't like cake donuts or those weird fritter/bear claw things. My favorite donut is just a plain glazed donut... followed up by a glass of milk, then a filled long john. That's my Saturday morning order when Justin goes to buy breakfast. I am such a lucky gal :-)
Every now and then I treat my family to "homemade donuts". It's really just fried biscuits with glaze but there's something about these donuts. They are very light and I smother them in a Krispy Kreme copycat glaze. They are the best donuts!! I made a double batch this morning (that's 20 donuts and 20 donut holes), we only have 6 donuts remaining and those will be gone by the end of the night... you see why I don't make them very often! We can't help ourselves, they are so good!
Ingredients
4-8 cups of oil for frying (the oil needs to be at least 2 inches deep)
1 refrigerated tube of 10 biscuits (the smaller tubes, not Grands. I use Pillsbury Country Style biscuits, they come in a 4-pack)
1/4 stick butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk
Directions
Start warming the oil in a pot on the stove. I set my stove on 5 (medium heat) and my oil takes around 20 minutes to warm up. I test the oil by dripping a drop or two of water in the oil. If the water crackles and pops then the oil is ready! Don't turn your heat higher than medium or your donuts will burn in .2 seconds.
For the glaze. Melt the butter in the microwave and add the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Stir until combined.
For the donuts. Use a small circular cutter (the cap of a 2-liter works well) to cut circles in each biscuit.
Place a few donuts in the oil and cook until browned (1-2 minutes). Flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes until browned.
Just look at them! Crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside... excuse me while I go eat another donut!
Pull the donuts out of the oil and set them on a cooling rack (or paper towels) to drain the excess oil. While the donuts are warm, dip them in the glaze.
Flip the donut to get some glaze on the other side... you wouldn't want that side to feel left out!
Use a fork or tongs to lift the donut out of the glaze and to shake off excess glaze.
Place on a cooling rack (or plate) to cool and store. They don't really have to cool off, we eat a couple while they are warm!
For the donut holes I fry them and then shake them in sugar instead of using glaze. Growing up, my mom and dad would make these sugar donut holes, I was the official sugar shaker back then!
Here they are all lined up and looking gorgeous. I love this picture because it only looks like this for .2 seconds. Once the smell reaches the boys' room they all come running out and start scarfing donuts like it's a contest.
Justin and the boys like glazed donuts.
I prefer these little sugary spheres though. I could eat all 20 myself!
Mmm Donuts!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
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This is the most amazing post EVER.
That looks sooo good! I totally get how you would be able to eat so many of them :) What do you do with the leftover oil though? Thanks.
Thanks Ester and Katie!
I keep the leftover oil to fry with later. Sometimes I pour it into an old butter tub to store and other times I leave it in the pot (covered with the lid) for a week or two.
I know this sounds terrible... but if I'm going to fry something then I'll plan a couple other fried items. So this week I'll make a few fried items to get my monies worth out of the oil ,-)
YUM! This is how we used to always make our doughnuts when I was little. I still love them, just don't make them anymore for some reason. We even use the same glaze, minus the butter.
I can't believe that those are made from canned biscuits! They look like they came from straight from Krispy Kreme! My mom's homemade donuts never looked anything like this growing up, and I've never tried to make them myself. Donuts have become such a popular item on food blogs lately and I've been wanting to give them a try. This is definitly going to be my recipe!
oh you should be proud of these, how pretty! and they look amazing, i love donuts too!
I just got finished making these and could not keep them made up! Everyone kept eating them as soon as they were glazed! They are delicious!
Gorgeous pictures...I had forgotten all about these little beauties!!! Thanks for the post.
I cant wait to try these yumm I have all the ingredients. But one question. Can you make them with the large buiscits? Or would it not work out the same??
Ashley
www.thedailysmash101.blogspot.com
I am not a fan of Krispy Kreme...Love those cake donuts and the bearclaw things, haha! However...these donuts look so stinkin' good! Yum! My family might be in for a treat this weekend ;)
~Kim
Yummy I made these last night they were so easy and a huge hit with my husband and boys. I linked the recipe back to you on my blog. Thanks for sharing and keep the yummy recipes coming.
Ashley
www.thedailysmash101.blogspot.com
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Oooh. These look SO good. We just got a deep fryer so this is definitely on my list of things to make!
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Looks awesome and very nummy!
I've always wondered how complicated it would be to make homemade donuts and can't even believe that yours are made from canned biscuits...they look FABULOUS! My husband and kids would be in heaven if they came down and found these for breakfast!
OH Yee Beautiful its recipe and really very very nice your idea for recipes. i just try make this food and really i loved that .thanks for nice posting and interesting this post
What a great idea!
Yum!! that good look and testy recipe . i just make this recipe at my home. cool idea and lovely your thought for recipes
What kind of oil do u use??
Hi Carrie! Jaclyn here from Simply Cadence! Thanks for being a follower! Those Donuts look amazing!
It looks so delicious. perfect posting for recipes . i just try make this recipes at my home . really interesting details shared in the post . its very awesome. yummy
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm food Great pics and nice test.
mhuhmmmmmm mmmm its very testy food. I like this and I will try to my self .
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Donuts are my favorite dish ever.. I ever like it.. Thank you for sharing this...
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making these this weekend. looks good!
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Cool idea and lovely your thought for recipes!!!
thanks for shared me recipie info ..
I was just about to make them and SUPER excited but when I looked for the biscuits country style, I couldn't find it!!!!! they were one called home made... is it the same? Please help I can't wait to them :)
Hi Ana
The homemade biscuits work great! I've used all the Pillsbury biscuits and I can't ever tell the difference ,-)
Thank you SO much!! :)
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Thank you for sharing the full procedure. The really look great in pics. I hope I could also make the same.
B&B Brugge
Omg....bomb...i dipped em in glaze then, cinnamon sugar...omg delicious
That's my recipe for doughnuts...I also reshape them in the kids initials before cooking and add food coloring to the icing (the kids choice) my big kids now cook them
The sugary donut holes are impressive. It gives immense pleasure to taste it so definitely attracts visitors. I will prepare it for breakfast recipes and serve with soup and other eatables.
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Nice post, fully informative thanks for sharing
Nice post, fully informative thanks for sharing
I have seen this posted many times by different people & never really gave it much thought. I couldn't imagine that they would be very good, made from canned biscuits. So maybe I paid attention to your post because of your beautiful pictures & I am so glad I did. WOW. I was amazed at the results. I didn't glaze mine but tossed them in cinnamon sugar instead & they are delicious. After my oil had heated I had 10 tender, tasty doughnuts & holes in a matter of minutes (well now I only have eight) & they're all mine. Thanks for posting this. I will be enjoying these often.
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I love that glazy sugar!
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