Grands!™ Spring Doughnuts

Name: Grands!™ Spring Doughnuts
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups vegetable oil; 1 can (16.3 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Layers Original Biscuits (8 Count); 1 cup powdered sugar; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons milk; Red and yellow food color paste; Pearl sugar or candy sprinkles

Prep time:20 min
Total time:20 min
Ingredients:7
Servings:8

By Inspired TasteUpdated 10/04/2016

Grands!™ Spring Doughnuts

Prep time:20 min
Total time:20 min
Ingredients:7
Servings:8
Calories per serving:

Make easy doughnuts from Pillsbury™ Grands!™ biscuits. Colored glazes are fun for spring!

Grands!™ Spring Doughnuts

Prep time:20 min
Total time:20 min
Ingredients:7
Servings:8

Ingredient

2 cups vegetable oil
1 can (16.3 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Layers Original Biscuits (8 Count)
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk
Red and yellow food color paste
Pearl sugar or candy sprinkles

Instructions

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Recipe 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.