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How to Make Donuts Easily

Learn how to make donuts easily with this step-by-step guide. These donuts are quick to make and use very few ingredients.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 8 minutes
Servings 10 donuts

Ingredients

  • 3 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 can biscuits
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  • In a medium sauce pan, heat up your oil on low to medium heat.
  • While the oil is heating up, open up the can of biscuits and set them on a plate or cutting board. Using something that is round, you will cut out the middles from the biscuits.
  • Put the sugar and cinnamon in a Ziploc bag or container with a lid. Put the powdered sugar in a separate container.
  • After the oil is heated, drop a few donuts at a time into the oil. Flip them when they are light brown on one side. It will only take 1-2 minutes to cook them.
  • When they are fried, place the donuts on a plate with paper towels on it. This will allow some of the grease to drain off before you coat them.
  • Caution: donuts will be hot when you remove them from the oil. Be careful when you are putting them in the sugar container. Place your donuts in your sugar container. Seal up the container, and shake it well. This allows the donut to be coated well all over. Remove donuts from container and place them on a plate.
  • Repeat steps 4—6 until all your donuts are fried and coated.
  • Serve!

Notes

These donuts are best served fresh. If you eat them after they have cooled off, they won’t taste as good. They will taste more like biscuits.
This recipe can easily be doubled.
The sugar amounts don't have to be exact. It is just used as a coating on the donuts.
Feel free to try plain sugar and cinnamon powdered sugar as well.