Homemade Doughnuts Made With Pillsbury Grands Biscuits

Name: Homemade Doughnuts Made With Pillsbury Grands Biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 Can of Pillsbury Grands Homestyle Original Refrigerated Biscuits; 2 cups Vegetable Cooking Oil; 1 ½ Powdered Sugar; +; 3 to 4 tablespoons Water; Or; ½ Cup of Granulated Sugar; +; 2 tablespoons of Ground Cinnamon

by Jamela Payne

8 Doughnuts

15 min

Grab a can of biscuit dough and let’s create homemade doughnuts in a hurry. Trust me these doughnuts and doughnut bites are just as good as the doughnuts you can buy at your favorite donut shop. A quick and easy homemade donut recipe that is your ticket to warm and fresh doughnuts any time of the day.

homemade doughnuts made with pillsbury grands biscuits

Growing up we would have fresh doughnuts like this on occasion, and it was always a delight coming into the kitchen to the smell of homemade doughnuts. At first, I would just sit and wait and as I grew older, I was taught how to make them. They are so simple to make, and I love to make these same doughnuts and doughnut holes for my kids as they were growing up.

Sometimes we would eat them plain, other times sprinkle powdered sugar or even roll in some cinnamon and sugar. No matter how you make these donuts, they will truly melt in your mouth. If you are not a huge baker, this is a super straightforward recipe for you to make homemade doughnuts with Pillsbury Grand Biscuits.

Tips for Making Homemade Doughnuts

Donut holes | I used a shot glass to cut the hole in the center of my donuts. Now you can buy a really small cookie cutter to use that is a circle. This will give you a small donut hole that you can toss in and fry as well.

Check Oil | I use a candy thermometer when I fry because it is so easy for the oil to get too hot or not be hot enough. I try to heat to 350 degrees. I do a test as well to drop one donut in and see if it bubbles, if it does the oil is ready.

Spacing | Make sure you allow spacing for the donuts. If you overfill your pan for frying it will lower the temperature too much of the oil and your donuts won’t be golden brown. Another thing is you will have a hard time flipping them if there is no room.

These homemade doughnuts are so simple to make. You and your family will really love them. The doughnuts are best when served warm fresh out from frying.

Homemade Doughnuts Made With Pillsbury Grands Biscuits

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Recipe details

Yield 8 Doughnuts
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 5 Minutes Total time: 15 min

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Instructions

Heat vegetable oil on medium-high heat in a deep fry pan. I use a smaller 4 quart pan to preserve oil (the wider your pan, the more oil you will have to use to deep fry)
Open your can of biscuits and lay flat on a cutting board. Take your shot glass or baby bottle and press the open end in down on the dough to cut out a hole in the middle, do this for all 8 biscuits, keep cut out middles to make doughnut holes.
By the time you get done prepping your biscuits, your oil should be ready. To test drop one of the biscuit middles in the hot oil, if it bubbles it is ready for you to fill the oil. Do not over fill, you don’t want them to overlap.
Let them cook for about 1 minute on each side (should be golden brown when you remove them from oil.

Comments

Jeanette M. Detert on May 28, 2021

These are good. I do ours in my air fryer.

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- Wendy on May 28, 2021
  
  Do you prepare them just the same? What temperature do you set the air fryer on?
  
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- Jessica Murphy on May 28, 2021
  
  How long do you cook them in the air fryer and at what temp?
  
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- Jac13726993 on May 28, 2021
  
  How do you do them in the air fryer?
  
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- Irene Armstrong on May 28, 2021
  
  What temp do you set for and for how long. Trying to stay away from frying and love my air fryer. Is the recipe the same?
  
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- Glo17505745 on May 28, 2021
  
  What temperature and how long
  
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- Mary on May 29, 2021
  
  350 degrees. 4-5 min. Holes 3-4
  
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- Eva Holt on May 29, 2021
  
  How do you do these in an air fryer ?
  
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- Pat Helmken-mixon on May 29, 2021
  
  Yes, how?
  
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- Jeanette M. Detert on May 29, 2021
  
  This the direction I used they turned out so fluffy. Sure they taste the same except cutting the oil which if I didn’t do the air I would have done this one. https://skinnysouthernrecipes.com/air-fryer-biscuit-donuts/
  
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- Sharon on May 29, 2021
  
  good idea about using air fryer......i'll do the same!!
  
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- Sue Gulzow on May 30, 2021
  
  Can you tell me basics on how to make these Grands biscuits donuts in an air fryer? I’m new to air frying but want to avoid as much oil as possible ???? Thank you. My email is ssdgulzow@gmail.com
  
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- Jeanette M. Detert on May 30, 2021
  
  350 and I did 5mins. Plus I like Dona preheat.
  
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- Sue on Nov 22, 2021
  
  that cooks them all the way through I will try it how many do u do at a time && how long?
  
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- Sue on Nov 22, 2021
  
  how do u make that glaze
  
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- John on Nov 22, 2021
  
  Air fryer settings?
  
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- Lad6519778 on Nov 22, 2021
  
  What temperature did you use? How long- cooking time ?
  
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- Cathy on Nov 22, 2021
  
  How do you prepare them? Temperature and time? Thank you
  
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- Denise Barron Adkins on Nov 23, 2021
  
  what temp and how long. Air fryer is less messy 😊
  
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- Sherry on Dec 12, 2022
  
  I was wondering if that would work? Do you put any oil on them, or just do them out of the can? Thanks.
  
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- Amb68783275 on Dec 13, 2022
  
  what temp and how long CAROL
  
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- Shirl on May 30, 2023
  
  Would like to do these.What temp and how long in the air fryer?
  
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Joe Mohamad on May 28, 2021

Made this hack 25 years ago...

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- Kimberly Eldridge on May 28, 2021
  
  try 40 years ago!! 😋
  
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- Sherry Wickham on May 29, 2021
  
  Me 2
  
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- Rhonda on May 29, 2021
  
  Nice to know a classic is right here at our fingertips
  
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- Sharon on May 29, 2021
  
  Yes, about 40 years ago for me too. My kids loved them.
  
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- Robin Chandler Wilks on May 29, 2021
  
  Me too! I also do this with Bisquick biscuit recipe. Still very easy. Then dredge in either cinnamon/sugar or powdered sugar. Yummm Tip: please, have someone proofread your instructions. I thought: what’s “court”? It’s quart. Thank you.
  
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- Nancy Cain Gray on May 29, 2021
  
  Made this over 50 yrs ago. You can also flatten the biscuit, add a little fruit or pie filling, fold and use fork to seal edge. Then fry. Mini pies.
  
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- Pat29585236 on May 29, 2021
  
  I, too, made these over 50 years ago in a college dorm. Used a popcorn popper to heat the oil, cut each biscuit into 4 pieces & dropped them into the hot oil a couple at a time. Flipped them over after they puffed up. Sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Worked great.
  
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- Alma on May 29, 2021
  
  A Saturday morning 45 years ago at our house. We even flattened the biscuits, twisted them, cooked, then sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. With Girl Scouts in the house, we had many uses for the biscuits. Thanks for bringing the memories back!
  
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- Donna on Jun 03, 2021
  
  Me too!
  
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- Annie Knoedler on Nov 23, 2021
  
  Me too, only even longer ago. I was at home alone as a very young teenager, and I just put oil in a cast iron frying pan and used something (I think I just used the point of a knife to cute out the center) and fried one side and flipped. I thought I invented this😳😂
  
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- Vallaree Spires on Nov 23, 2021
  
  I made this before there were Grands as a child in the 70’s.
  
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- Valerie ball on Nov 23, 2021
  
  At least 50 years ago when kids were little and we were poor. Even made over campfire
  
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- Amanda on Nov 23, 2021
  
  And I always made my own glaze.
  
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- C. lopez on Nov 24, 2021
  
  Me too. Actually I Still do on occasion
  
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- Bill on Dec 12, 2022
  
  Joe, Sure you have not shared it with us for 25 years! What else are you keeping a secret??? 🤔🤣🤣
  
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- Becky Sprayberry on Dec 13, 2022
  
  We did too
  
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- Lynda West on May 30, 2023
  
  I'm 62 and my family has made these donuts before I can remember. The only difference was we made them from the regular old Pillsbury biscuits...why you ask...because that was the only Pillsbury biscuits there were. Now that I think about it, besides making your own dough Pillsbury was probably the only store bought dough there was.
  Damn, if saying I'm 62 didn't make feel...that just did. LOL
  
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- Jackson on May 30, 2023
  
  How about 80 years ago? (just kidding. I wanted to jump on the bandwagon! I've never even attempted anything like this! Maybe I will) 🙂
  
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