Name: Desperation Doughnuts
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 or 2 cans refrigerated biscuit dough; Vegetable oil; Granulated sugar, cinnamon-sugar or confectioners’ sugar

Desperation Doughnuts

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While their resemblance to real doughnuts may be a little “iffy,” children and adults alike enjoy these quick snacks.

Author: Linda Jolly
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 8
Category: Snacks
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

1 or 2 cans refrigerated biscuit dough
Vegetable oil
Granulated sugar, cinnamon-sugar or confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

Keep one or two cans of refrigerated biscuit dough on hand. The generic or store brand works very well. In other words, use the least expensive brand available.
Heat oil in a deep fry pan to 425 degrees F.
Mix some cinnamon and sugar for rolling the doughnuts in. You may also use plain sugar or confectioners’ sugar.
Open the can of biscuits. Cut with a doughnut cutter to get the hole. If you don’t have a doughnut cutter, cut the hole out with a well-washed detergent bottle lid or use a large thimble. Or, you can make these doughnuts without cutting a hole in them.
Drop a few doughnuts at a time into hot oil, using tongs. Cook doughnut holes, too. Turn once to brown lightly on both sides.
Lift out and drain on paper towels.
Shake a few at a time in a paper bag to coat or roll in granulated sugar, cinnamon-sugar or confectioners’ sugar.

Notes

Photo credit: Davie Bicker from Pixabay

Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/desperation-doughnuts/