Dangerously Easy Homemade Donuts

Refrigerator Biscuits = Delicious Donuts?

These totally awesome "homemade" donuts are so easy to make, it's dangerous!  It's not an original idea - the internet has an abundance of "recipes" for these donuts.  Even Paula Deen has them published on the Food Network website!  The instructions are no-fuss...but read first before making!

You can choose to use either the regular size Pillsbury Biscuits (any variety should work), I used "Country Biscuits" . . . this will yield 10 decent donuts (think bigger than a "mini-donut" but much smaller than a Top Pot donut)!  If you want to achieve a large-and-in-charge sized donut, use the Grands varierty of biscuit!  Each tube of Grands will yield 5 large donuts.  Don't forget, you will also get the same number of donut-holes from each tube!

Heat a frying pan with at least a 1/2" of canola or peanut oil (the more the merrier?) on medium heat and bring it to 350 degrees F (use a candy thermometer to achieve this ideal temperature, it's worth the investment).  Open your chosen tube of biscuit, separate each biscuit and punch out a donut hole with a small cutter.  When the oil is at temperature, drop in your donuts a batch at a time (depends on how big your pan is) . . . . try and maintain a constant 350 degrees so as not to burn the donuts before the insides are cooked all the way through (doughy is not delicious) about 2-3 minutes a side for the regular size, 4-5 minutes for larger ones, until they are a deep golden brown.

Place the cooked donuts onto a papertowel-lined plate, and have a cooling rack standing by!  You'll need to glaze/sugar these puppies while they are hot!

You can choose to either roll them in icing/confectioner's sugar or a combination of cinnamon sugar (1 TBSN of cinnamon to 1/4 cup of granulated sugar) OR you can glaze them:

Vanilla Glaze:
1 cup of icing/confectioner's sugar
1-2 TBSN milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Maple Glaze:
1 cup of icing/confectioner's sugar
1-2 TBSN pure maple syrup

Chocolate Glaze:
1 cup of icing/confectioner's sugar
1-2 TBSN milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 TBSN cocoa powder

Maple/Bacon Variety (it's sooo good):
Glaze with Maple Glaze and top with crumbled bacon while still wet!


After you glaze/sugar the donuts place on a cooling rack... gobble up while warm!  Make tons if you have friends over - these won't last long.  Make tons if you don't have friends and want some.  They will love you.