This recipe for semi-homemade donuts starts from a can, but comes out baked hot and fresh. Using ready-to-use biscuit dough, these donuts are easy and fast to make.
Supplies for Donuts:
- biscuit dough – ready to use or from scratch
- small circle cutter – I used a medicine cup that came from children’s Tylenol
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup cooking oil – vegetable or canola
- tongs
- paper towels
- cinnamon and sugar mix
Open the biscuit can and spread all the rolls out. Then using a small circle cutter, press out a donut hole right in the middle.
Then get your pan on medium heat with 1/4 – 1/2 cup oil. Depending on how many you make, you will need more oil. You want enough oil to cover half of the donut when cooking. Place 3-4 doughy donuts into the pan and leave until the bottom is golden brown. Don’t do anything else but watch these, as they cook fast and don’t want them to burn. Then turn them over and cook another minute or so. Using tongs, place the cooked donut on paper towels to drain and cool slightly.
Now place the donuts on a plate and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. I use a shaker I bought for $1 at Walmart and it’s the best for pre-mixing cinnamon and sugar or for powder sugar too. You could also top your donuts with a powdered sugar/milk glaze. Even a chocolate frosting with sprinkles would be yummy.
Now you’re ready to eat. The donut holes are my favorite, but I don’t realize how many I end up eating, they’re deliciously bite-sized.
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Thank you so much for this recipe!! Grands Biscuits were on sale and I had a coupon for them last week and I ended up with a ton that I didn’t know what to do with….this worked great and my toddler son loved to help!!
Blogged about our adventure here:
http://vermillionrules.blogspot.com/2009/02/donut-amateurs.html
I’ve made these since the 1960’s! I used to place sugar or sugar and cinnamon in a small bag and then drop in donuts (one at a time). My kids would then shake the bag to cover the donuts. Even toddlers can help Mom in this way – they love it!
This is a classic donut recipe that stands the test of time.
Thank you for this recipe! We’re all sticky from sugar but they were delicious. My oldest is allergic to milk so can never eat donuts but I found milk-free biscuits at the supermarket so that we could make these today.
I MADE THESE FOR MY BROTHER WHEN I WAS WAY YOUNGER. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT OTHERS STILL USE THE SAME INGREDIENTS WE DID WAY BACK THEN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THAT WE USED THE POWDER SUGAR GLAZE YUMMM!
We LOVE these — we made them a lot as a kid from just the cheap biscuits. You’re pretty smart about the hold as we usually just stick a finger in the center and spread the hole just a bit so it opens the center. Not as pretty but fast. Thanks for sharing!
maybe someone should make a real canned donut dough!
These look delicious, but i wonder how many calories are in them?!?! Fun activity for the kids, but maybe this is why America is so obese. They look tasty, but might leave a sluggish feel, and a not so cute appearance.
These were great and so easy to make! We might need to make this a weekly tradition!
These look so good! I am going to have to try them. They look pretty easy to make too!
Thanks for this easy recipe, granddaughter coming over this afternoon for play and sleep over so will make this tomorrow am.
Sooo excited….also I love your blog site here :)
I am going to make this for my kids for Fun on Friday this week!! I hope I don’t burn the house down!!
these look great! i was wondering if you could get chocolate chips annd melt them. put the donuts in annd then put them in the fridge if that would work? because boy does my family LOVE chocolate! =]]
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