Make donut shop donuts in your home in under 20 minutes! Biscuit dough donuts are easy to make and so yummy dipped in chocolate, maple or vanilla icing! Deep fried and air fryer versions.
Today is National Donut Day! My daughter's favorite day of the year, ha! She's obsessed with all things DONUTS. Donut key chains, donut lettings, donut fleece blanket, and eating donuts. Can you blame her? I'm a donut lover as well. Not enough to stand in line for a free donut today at Krispy Kreme though. Our location is busy enough when they aren't handing out free donuts so I treated the family to a batch of homemade donuts...biscuit dough donuts!
These biscuit dough donuts are SO EASY to make. I have a wonderful recipe for yeast donuts, and these are just as good, and so much faster. You don't need to make the dough, let it rise, or even shape the donuts. If you are nervous about deep frying them, don't be! I'll share some tips at the end, but it really isn't intimidating, I promise.
The secret is using refrigerated biscuit dough, and it isn't really a secret because folks have been making donuts like this for decades! I took them up a notch with 3 homemade glazes: chocolate, maple and vanilla.
Each batch makes 8 donuts. I used 3 cans of biscuits to make 24 donuts, 8 of each flavor.
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Biscuit Dough Donuts Recipe
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Ingredients:
1 can of refrigerated biscuits (8 ct.)
canola oil for frying
Flatten biscuit dough for donut bars and leave in circles for donuts.
To make a hole for the donuts, simply press your thumb through the center.
Heat about 2" of oil in a deep frying pan to 350 degrees.
Place donuts in hot oil and fry on each side for about a minute, or until golden brown.
Remove from oil and place onto a cooling rack with paper towels underneath to catch excess oil.
If you'd like to roll in cinnamon sugar do that while the donuts are hot. If you'd like to glaze the donuts, let them cool.
Air Fryer Version for Biscuit Dough Donuts
Set in air fryer and turn the temp to 350. Cook for 4 minutes. Take the biscuits out and flip over. Cook for 2 to 4 minutes longer.
Dip each donut into the glaze, allowing the excess to drip off. Roll in sprinkles, if desired.
Biscuit Dough Donut Glaze Recipes: Chocolate, Maple, and Vanilla
Chocolate Donut Glaze Recipe
glazes 8 donuts
¾ c. semi sweet chocolate chips
2 T. butter
1 T. honey
1 T. milk
Heat chocolate, butter and honey in microwave for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Microwave for an additional 10-15 seconds if necessary. Stir in milk.
Maple Donut Glaze Recipe
glazes 8 donuts
¼ c. butter
⅓ c. brown sugar
2 T. maple syrup
½ tsp. maple extract
2-3 T. milk
2 c. powdered sugar, sifted
Heat butter, brown sugar and syrup in microwave for 30 seconds, or until butter has melted. Stir. Add maple extract and milk. Stir in powdered sugar.
Vanilla Donut Glaze Recipe
glazes 8 donuts
¼ c. butter
1 T. honey
2 T. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. powdered sugar, sifted
Heat butter and honey in microwave until melted. Stir. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in powdered sugar.
Frequently Asked Questions and Tips
What temperature does the oil need to be to deep fry biscuit dough donuts?
350 degrees. Use a thermometer to monitor the oil.
What if my oil is too hot?
Remove from heat until the oil temp on the thermometer reaches 350 degrees again.
How do you maintain the oil temperature when deep frying donuts?
Heat the oil on med-high until it begins to heat up. Once the oil reaches 350 degrees reduce the heat to low.
How many biscuit dough donuts does this recipe make?
Each can makes 8 biscuits. I like using Pillsbury Grands Southern Homestyle Biscuits.
Can you reheat biscuit dough donuts?
Reheat day-old donuts in the microwave for about 6 seconds and they will be just like new!
Biscuit Dough Donuts Printable Recipe
Biscuit Dough Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated biscuit dough 8 ct.
- canola oil for frying
Chocolate Glaze
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 1 Tbsp. milk
Maple Glaze
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon maple extract
- 2-3 Tbsp. milk
- 2 cup powdered sugar
Vanilla Glaze
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cup powdered sugar sifted
Instructions
- Flatten biscuit dough for donut bars and leave in circles for donuts.
- To make a hole for the donuts, simply press your thumb through the center.
- Heat about 2″ of oil in a deep frying pan to 350 degrees.
- Place donuts in hot oil and fry on each side for about a minute, or until golden brown.
- Remove from oil and place onto a cooling rack with paper towels underneath to catch excess oil.
- Dip each donut into the glaze, allowing the excess to drip off.
Chocolate Glaze
- Heat chocolate, butter and honey in microwave for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Microwave for an additional 10-15 seconds if necessary. Stir in milk.
Maple Glaze
- Heat butter, brown sugar and syrup in microwave for 30 seconds, or until butter has melted. Stir. Add maple extract and milk. Stir in powdered sugar.
Vanilla Glaze
- Heat butter and honey in microwave until melted. Stir. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in powdered sugar.
Stacy says
We made these today and they were a huge hit! I NEVER fry because it always feels like a big process but this wasn’t bad at all. I think next time we’ll try milk chocolate chips in the chocolate glaze but my kids thought they were perfect as is.
Brandy says
Yay! So glad to hear this!