2 Minute Biscuit Donuts

by | Oct 6, 2015 | Breakfast

 

OK, so maybe they are more like ten minute donuts, but truly, these quick and easy donuts are done in a flash and are oh-so-yummy!!!!  The fastest donuts you can make start with refrigerated buttermilk biscuits which fry up light and fluffy and are absolutely delicious with sweet powdered sugar glaze poured over the top.  You will most definitely be your families hero if you whip up a batch of these!!!

We like to set up an assembly line when we make these. One of us is frying the donuts while the other is dipping them in glaze.  Everyone else stands at the end and eats them as fast as we can get them out! 🙂

*Note:  The recipe below uses a powdered sugar frosting glaze, but you can also heat your favorite frosting or Nutella and dip the donuts in the warm frosting on one side. Add sprinkles, toasted coconut, chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips.  Or you can just toss them in granulated sugar straight out of the fryer. We like the glaze because they taste like warm Krispy Kreme’s to us 🙂

Ingredients:

  • Pillsbury refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (the kind that are small and come in a four tube pack)
  • Vegetable or canola oil for frying
  • Powdered sugar
  • Milk
  • Vanilla

Instructions:

  1. To make the glaze:  Whisk a couple of cups of powdered sugar, (depends on how many donuts you are making), a few splashes of milk and a drizzle of vanilla in a bowl until smooth and the desired consistency.  Set aside.
  2. To make the donuts:  Heat 2 inches of oil over medium-high heat to about 350 degrees in a 4-quart Dutch oven.  (I have also done it in a skillet, but it feels safer with the deeper pan).  
  3. While it is heating, separate each tube of biscuits into 10 biscuits.  
  4. With a 1-inch cookie cutter, (or I have pulled the squeezy end off my turkey baster and used that), cut a hole in the center of each of the biscuits.  
  5. Drop about six biscuits at a time in to the hot oil.  Fry about 30 seconds or until golden brown, then flip over with a slotted spoon.
  6. When they are the right color, remove from the oil and place on a paper towel lined plate.  
  7. Dip the donuts in the glaze on both sides while warm*.  Set on a plate or a cooling rack that is sitting on a baking pan. 
  8. Throw the holes in the oil and toss them with your spoon until brown.  Drop them in the glaze too.
stack of donuts and holes on a paper plate

Quick Biscuit Donuts

Source: donuts2crumpets
The fastest donuts you will ever make start with cans of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits that are fried in oil then drizzled in powdered sugar glaze.
Servings: 10
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
5 from 1 vote

Ingredients
  

  • Pillsbury refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (the kind that are small and come in a four tube pack)
  • Vegetable or canola oil for frying
  • Powdered sugar
  • Milk
  • Vanilla

Instructions
 

To make the glaze:

  • Whisk a couple of cups of powdered sugar, (depends on how many donuts you are making), a few splashes of milk and a drizzle of vanilla in a bowl until smooth and the desired consistency. Set aside.

To make the donuts:

  • Heat 2 inches of oil over medium-high heat to about 350 degrees in a 4-quart Dutch oven. (I have also done it in a skillet, but it feels safer with the deeper pan).
  • While it is heating, separate each tube of biscuits into 10 biscuits.
  • With a 1-inch cookie cutter, (or I have pulled the squeezy end off my turkey baster and used that), cut a hole in the center of each of the biscuits.
  • Drop about six biscuits at a time in to the hot oil. Fry about 30 seconds or until golden brown, then flip over with a slotted spoon.
  • When they are the right color, remove from the oil and place on a paper towel lined plate.
  • Dip the donuts in the glaze on both sides while warm*. Set on a plate or a cooling rack that is sitting on a baking pan.
  • Throw the holes in the oil and toss them with your spoon until brown. Drop them in the glaze too.

Notes

*Note:  This recipe uses a powdered sugar frosting glaze, but you can also heat your favorite frosting or Nutella and dip the donuts in the warm frosting on one side. Add sprinkles, toasted coconut, chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips.  Or you can just toss them in granulated sugar straight out of the fryer. We like the glaze because they taste like warm Krispy Kreme's to us 🙂

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