Doughnuts from Refrigerated Biscuits (Four Ingredients!)

September 8, 2012

Before this, the thought of making my own donuts seemed really complicated and time intensive. Occasionally, I’d see a recipe that gets me excited to give it a shot, but then it requires  a special donut pan or something. I’m not really looking to inve$t in all that right now. These donuts made from store-bought refrigerated biscuit dough are your and my ticket to fresh donuts from home anytime. (Here is a recipe for making boston creme doughnuts this way too!)

We didn’t throw away the donut-centers, but instead made donut holes. Yum x2.

Doughnuts from Refrigerated Biscuits (Four Ingredients!)
Makes 8 doughnuts

1 tube refrigerated biscuit dough
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup cinnamon sugar
Vegetable oil

Pour a 1/2 inch deep of vegetable oil into a large skillet and bring to medium heat.

Cut holes in center of biscuits. A small cookie cutter would be perfect, but I make do with something like an orange juice cap.

Cook doughnuts in oil for 1-2 minutes on each side.

Dip both sides of doughnuts into melted butter and coat with cinnamon sugar.


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DOUGHNUTS FROM REFRIGERATED BISCUITS (FOUR INGREDIENTS!)
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 tube refrigerated biscuit dough
  • 6 tablespoons butter, melted
  • ½ cup cinnamon sugar
  • Vegetable oil
Instructions
  1. Pour a ½ inch deep of vegetable oil into a large skillet and bring to medium heat.
  2. Cut holes in center of biscuits. A small cookie cutter would be perfect, but I make do with something like an orange juice cap.
  3. Cook doughnuts in oil for 1-2 minutes on each side.
  4. Dip both sides of doughnuts into melted butter and coat with cinnamon sugar.

 

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  • Dee

    I used to do these with a fryer – years ago. Yummy!

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  • Jan H.

    I used to make these with my preschool students in the 70s. Electric thing pans had covers that would keep splatters contained, and the pan I had fit 6 at a time.
    The kids would watch the frying from a distance, then choose their topping – powdered or cinnamon sugar.

    • Rachel Schultz

      so fun!

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  • Marie Keefe

    I used to make these for my children on Halloween night, many years ago. They would come in from trick- or- treating cold and ready for a snack. They loved a cup of hot apple cider and these yummy doughnuts rolled in sugar and cinnamon before settling down to the job of sorting their candy. Such a nice memory!

    • Rachel Schultz

      I love that!

  • Edith Wiencek

    Did not cut holes in the biscuits but fired them and then made hole in the side of the cooked biscuits and filled with favorite jam or jelly.

  • Beverly Manning

    Pretty sure in the 60’s Pillsbury sold a “doughnut” biscuit tube with the hole you would punch out and fry with the doughnut. Just sprinkle with powdered sugar and heaven. I remember being in love with them.

  • Anonymous

    We use to make these on campouts in Boy Scouts some 40 plus years ago..They were delicious …

  • Lynn

    My friends & I would get together when our husbands were working late all worked at same place) & make these. Had totally forgotten these-being more than 35 yrs ago. So glad to have come upon your recipe. We all had very small children at the time & this brings back so many happy memories. Thanks for sharing! You have made my day. I need to give these old friends a call!

  • Angela

    Hello, I made these for my kids when they were younger except I would squish them into oblong “bars” and put chocolate or maple frosting on them. My kids just loved them. We did the powdered sugar with cinnamon instead of regular sugar cinnamon. Oh what fun we had…

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  • karen

    Our family made these over 50 years ago, sold them to our neighbours on Saturday mornings, and used the money to go to summer camp. You brought back wonderful memories with this recipe!

    • Rachel Schultz

      I love that story! Thanks for sharing

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  • Dana

    Just made these with my 8 year old daughter. What fun and so good. She said “mom,this is a keeper.” She’s right!! Will make these donuts again!!

    • Rachel Schultz

      That’s so sweet! I’m happy to hear it.

  • Stephanie

    Why shouldn’t you use the flaky kind?

    • Rachel Schultz

      They fry up weird. They’re still edible, though.

  • We used to make these growing up! I Love these babies!

  • I’m 73 now and had forgotten these tasty little fatteners. Used to make as a young wife back in the 60’s-70’s. Will have to pass it on to my 30 yr.- old daughter. Don’t recall if I made them for her as a child. Thanks for bringing back good memories of great eating (before cholesterol/diabetes scared everyone off of using butter/sugar – life’s little eating pleasures).

    • Rachel Schultz

      How funny! Glad I could bring up an old memory.

  • Deborah

    Years ago when I was a little girl, I would go visit my great,great Aunt and she would make them for me. When I became a mother I began making them for my family and they love them too! But like you say Rachel, it is very hard to stop!

    • Rachel Schultz

      Haha, yep! So true.

  • Anonymous

    We made biscuit donuts today we put cinnamon on some and powdered sugar on some they were good to make the holes we used a little cup with the holes we made donut holes

    • Rachel Schultz

      Yay! Sounds yummy.

  • Susan

    My mother used to make these when I was very young. What a treat!

    • Rachel Schultz

      That’s great! Thanks for reading :)

  • Rachel W

    I just made this and WOW. My family ate them in about 3.6 seconds!! I’d never thought to slather them with butter before adding the sugar, but it made them ten times better than without. And when you’re this far down the calorie/fat trail, what’s a little bit of extra butter??! :) Thanks!!

    • Rachel Schultz

      You’re welcome!

  • CoCoYoYo

    These were a sleepover stable for a friend of mine! Her Dad would set out bowls of powdered sugar, plain sugar and cinnamon sugar for the just-out-of-the-oil doughnuts. SO GOOD! I think that dipping a cooled doughnut in melted chocolate or a vanilla glaze would be super yummy, too!

    • Rachel Schultz

      Great ideas! That’s a fun story. Thanks for sharing.

  • billy

    we just push a hole with our fingers. this is better. martha loves donut holes. billy

    • Rachel Schultz

      Thanks! They are amazing.

  • I discovered this trick in college and I LOVE them! I always used the cut-out portions to make donut-holes…or sometimes I just made donut-holes out of all of the dough when in a multi-dish breakfast setting. So easy and delicious!

    • Rachel Schultz

      Great idea! Thanks.

  • Megan

    OOOOhhh. Oh, no. This is not good for my well-being. But it is in no way going to stop me from making them. Deliciousness!

    • I know! They’re almost too easy in ratio to how bad they are for you. But so tasty :)

      xo
      rach

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