Grands!® Spring Doughnuts

Bloggers Adam and Joanne Gallagher from Inspired Taste make easy doughnuts from Pillsbury® Grands!® biscuits. Glazed in pink and yellow, they’re perfect for spring!

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ingredients 7
Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 20 min

Ingredients

2: cups vegetable oil

1: can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury® Grands!® Flaky Layers refrigerated biscuits

1: cup powdered sugar

1/2: teaspoon vanilla

2: tablespoons milk

: Red and yellow food color paste

: Pearl sugar or candy sprinkles

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Directions

1 In deep fryer or 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat to 350°F. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Using small round cookie cutter, cut hole in center of each biscuit.
2 Gently place 2 or 3 biscuits in hot oil. (Biscuit holes can also be fried!) Fry on one side until golden brown. Gently turn with tongs; fry until other side is golden brown. Place on cooling rack; cool 3 to 5 minutes.
3 Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until thick glaze forms. Remove half of the glaze to another bowl. Add 1 dot red food color paste to 1 bowl of glaze; stir until incorporated. Add more food color, if necessary, until desired pink shade is reached. Tint second bowl of glaze to desired shade with yellow food color.
4 Dip 4 doughnuts in pink glaze and 4 in yellow glaze. Return to cooling rack. Immediately top with sprinkles. Let glaze dry 2 to 3 minutes before serving.

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Expert Tips

Flavor the pink glaze with raspberry extract and the yellow glaze with lemon extract, if desired.

Doughnuts can also be coated with cinnamon-sugar instead of glazed. Just give them a shake in a paper bag filled with a mixture of granulated sugar and ground cinnamon.

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lmeans

report Posted Jun. 19, 2012 4:48 PM

I made these and they were great. I used a very, very small biscuit cutter for the center and cooked the doughnut holes. Instead of icing I dipped one side of the donuts in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon which looked nice and tasted good.

cheesecakeluver

report Posted May. 25, 2012 8:29 AM

I used to make these for my children, now I make them for my grandchildren and they love them! I form the hole in the middle w/ my fingers or I make bowties by pulling the biscuit on both sides and twisting in the middle then pinching where it was twisted to stay that way. Then fry .

Lerajl

report Posted May. 19, 2012 5:59 PM

Make them using the Honey flaked biscuits. Even more like a doughnut. I let mine sit and rise a little before frying. 350 should not be too hot to cook them in but if you had trouble, back the temp down to 325. Always cook a trial one first. Great with chocolate frosting also.

c15312

report Posted May. 1, 2012 9:05 PM

I heated my oil to 350 and they all BURNED. When I finally got it cooled down, I had 2 doughnuts. This recipe just ticked me off.

Marilyn61

report Posted Apr. 30, 2012 8:26 AM

My grandchildren love making these doughnuts. I fry them and we make a mess in the kitchen icing and decorating them. My grandchildren have said and I quote " These doughnuts are better then Dunkin' Donuts.