Holy Yum! Donuts!

Shut the front door!  This morning, our lives (and waistlines) were changed forever by these little suckers! 

These donuts are scary easy to make.  They're made from canned biscuit dough. Oh, yes! Canned biscuits.  I promise you, they do NOT taste like biscuits once you're done with them.  

Here's how the magic happens:

Put about an inch and a half of canola or peanut oil in a deep skillet. Heat to 350 degrees.

While the oil is heating, crack open a can of biscuits. Although I'm guessing any variety of canned biscuit would work, I would advise steering away from the "flaky layer" variety because of the texture.

Use a donut cutter to cut out the donut hole. 

 Save those little pieces of dough to fry up for donut holes!

When your oil is at 350 degrees, drop a few of the donuts in there for a nice hot swim. My skillet could hold four at a time.  

When they're golden brown on the bottom, flip those babies over and let 'em cook another few minutes until brown on the other side.

Take the lovely, crisp-tender donuts out of the skillet and put them on a rack.  Now is when you can use your imagination.  Roll them in cinnamon sugar. Glaze them with a simple powdered sugar glaze.  Make a chocolate icing and dunk them in. 

However you dress them up, be sure to eat two of them....one for each hip and/or thigh!  They're so bad for you, but gosh they're tasty!

Oh yeah...the donut holes.  Fry them up just like you did with the donuts...

...then glaze them or what ever you like to do.  They're nice to snack on while you're waiting for more donuts to cook! 

No one would ever guess these delicious donuts were birthed from a can of biscuits. It didn't take more than 20 minutes, start to finish.  Less time than it would take you to drive to the donut shop.  

What are you waiting for? Go get a can of biscuits and change your life!