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Easy Biscuit Donuts

Published: Feb 23, 2016 · Last Updated: Oct 27, 2020 by Aimee - This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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These fried biscuit donuts are the easiest donuts to make! They are made from a can of homestyle or buttermilk biscuits and rolled in either cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar. Who knew you could make donuts from refrigerated biscuit dough?

biscuit donuts

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When we were little and would stay at my grandma's house, so often we would have these delicious fried biscuit donuts for breakfast. It makes sense. These are SO easy to make, and most of the time she would also be in the process of making a Sunday lunch for over 10 people.

Even though it sounds crazy, donuts using biscuit dough? I'm on board for that every day.

Growing up, we would eat these donuts tossed in powdered sugar, but to mix things up, I also made a cinnamon sugar coating. Having the combination of the two was perfect. If you just want to do one, that works too!

Ingredients:

  • A Can of Biscuits - For this recipe, I recommend finding biscuits that are NOT flaky or butter lovers of any sort. Plain homestyle or buttermilk biscuits work best to make these donuts. I also like the Grands biscuits for their size, but a smaller size works perfectly well too!
  • Canola Oil - you'll want to use a neutral (flavorless) oil like canola or vegetable oil. Stay away from oils like olive oil, which can impart its own flavor.
  • Powdered sugar - I LOVE these donuts with powdered sugar. However, if you decide to just use cinnamon and sugar, you won't need powdered sugar.
  • Cinnamon and sugar - If you decide to go with a cinnamon sugar topping, you'll need cinnamon and sugar and you'll want to mix these together before coating your biscuits.

Love biscuit donuts? Try these other easy recipes:

  • Easy coffee-glazed donuts
  • Raspberry Dutch baby pancake
  • Breakfast quesadilla

Making the biscuit donuts:

So how do you make donuts out of biscuit dough? It's so simple! To make the biscuit donuts, you'll take the can of Grands biscuits (or other biscuits you find) and separate them out onto a cutting board. Then, using a donut hole cutter or a syrup cap, you'll cut holes in each biscuit to make the donut shapes. I have this donut cutter from Amazon, and that's what I use!

In a large pot, add the oil and heat over a medium heat. I first like to fry the holes when the oil is a bit cooler and just warming up, and then as the oil heats up more, I'll fry the actual donuts. You'll fry each one for about 30 seconds each side, or until a light brown color. Then place on a plate lined with paper towels. While still hot, you'll shake in either the powdered sugar or the cinnamon sugar mixture.

These are best enjoyed warm, so serve immediately!

Grands biscuits

biscuits being cut with a donut cutter

biscuit donut toppings - powdered sugar and cinnamon sugar

finished biscuit donuts being dipped in cinnamon sugar

donut in cinnamon sugar

biscuit donut

Biscuit Donuts

Recipe by Aimee
These biscuit donuts are a family favorite! They are so easy to make and it's fun making donuts from a can of biscuits.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 467 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Can of Biscuits Homestyle or Buttermilk work best
  • 1 ½ cups canola oil for frying
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Start heating the oil to a temperature between medium and medium-high in a medium pot. Make sure that the oil covers the bottom of the pan with about 1-2 inches of oil.
  • Open the can of biscuits. Watch out for that "pop!"
  • Separate the biscuits onto a flat surface, like a cutting board.
  • Using a donut hole cutter (or appropriately-sized syrup cap), punch a hole into the center of each biscuit.
  • Place the powdered sugar into a bowl that has a lid (tupperware works great!)
  • Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon into a separate bowl or plate so that donuts can be dipped on each side.
  • Test the oil by placing one of the donut holes into the oil. If the hole does not start cooking right away, increase the temperature of the stove to medium-high.
  • Once the oil starts cooking the donuts quickly, start placing them in for about a 30 seconds to a minute per side, until browned and cooked.
  • As donuts come out of the oil, dry onto paper towels briefly before either shaking in the powdered sugar or covering with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  • Plate and enjoy! Best served fresh.

Nutrition

Calories: 467kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 1gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gMonounsaturated Fat: 27gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 32mgPotassium: 10mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 2IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Aimee

    March 15, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Oooh, I think I just like mine pretty cinnamony, but perhaps it should be tsp instead of tbsp. Updating the recipe until I can make again to test! Thanks for being a great recipe tester! :)

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    • Kate Pierce

      March 17, 2016 at 4:21 pm

      Awesome! Thanks :-)

      Reply
  2. Kate Pierce

    March 13, 2016 at 8:50 pm

    I think the proportions of cinnamon and sugar are wrong because I made these tonight and I used the 1/4 c. sugar as listed and just 1 tsp. of cinnamon and it was already way darker than what's in your picture and it was suuuper cinnamon-y. Other than that though, these were delicious!! Great recipe. When I make them again I'll probably turn them all into little "donut holes" because they're so cute, cook really quickly, and are easy to toss in the various sugars. Thanks for sharing this family recipe!

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