Desperation Doughnuts
While their resemblance to real doughnuts may be a little “iffy,” children and adults alike enjoy these quick snacks.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Snacks
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
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/