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Sugared Pillsbury Biscuits (Cheater Donuts)
June 4th, 2010Recipes, Eating Light, Recipes, Non-Asian Recipes, Recipes41 Comments1 tube Pillsbury biscuits, buttermilk flavor (contains 10 doughs)
Sugar
Oil for deep frying
Method:
Separate each dough from the tube and drop them into a frying pan (covered with enough heated oil) or a deep fryer. Turn them over and fry evenly until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Transfer out, dust with sugar, and serve immediately.
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This is such a good idea. Never thought about frying Pillsbury biscuits. I can already imagine how good it tastes since they are so soft and fluffy. Will try the recipe this weekend. Thanks!
I know, who would have thought to fry them, but that’s the only way I eat them now. ;)
I was planning on making these this weekend for doughnut day! Yours came out beautifully!
Kirbie – I still have three tubes of Pillsbury biscuits left, I am definitely going to make more soon!
Please advise where can I get pillsbury tube biscuits ?
OMG! You weren’t kidding when you told me how incredible these were. Who knew you could create such puffy, wonderful looking donuts from a tube of biscuit dough?? These would be so great for a brunch or when you have guests staying over. They’d think you woke up super early just to make these special for them. ;)
Carolyn – yes, they are very very good, I wasn’t kidding. I think it’s better than doughnuts because they are so puffy and soft, and they don’t absorb oil much after frying. ;)
hi, looks good but how it this Malaysian?
hi looks good, but how is this malaysian?
I didn’t say that this is Malaysian, in fact, I labeled it as a non-Asian recipe!
Ooh, nothing can beat timeless sugary doughnuts to celebrate Happy Doughnut Day!
Hmm Sounds delicious – I’ve never heard of Pillsbury biscuits, probably due to my geographic location. Does anyone know if you can buy the dough in New Zealand, or whether it goes by a different name??
Or, on the other hand, does anyone have a recipe for the dough itself?
Cheers
Mike G
Just moved to Australia from Canada – a place where you find everything American.. You can fry any bread dough – Texture will be slightly different but the outcome will be the same. I use bread dough to fry them to make Elephant Ears, Churrors, doughnut.. call it what you want. If you want to make from scratch, then buy powdered yeast and follow package instructions – very, very easy and no fail formula.
Bee these look delicious, quick and easy. I love donuts!
Mmmm these look great. They probably do not agree with any form of diet, butt great none the less.
My mother used to make doughnuts this way when we were growing up. Instead of sugar, we’d dust them in cinnamon sugar or drizzle them with a powdered sugar/milk frosting.
This is brilliant! I have a pack of them at home and will fry them up tonight for supper!
Hi Melanie – awesome, let me know how you like them. :)
We loved them so much that I’m going to fry them tonight again!
Hi Melanie – that’s great. I know, I had two tubes two days in a roll!!
We bumped into your blog and we really liked it – great recipes YUM YUM.
They look like donut holes! I’m sure would taste great with a cup of hot coffee!
I was going to try this Pillsbury buttermilk biscuits for Chinese steamed buns (idea from Foodgal.com). Now I need to try these too. Soft and fluffy are for me and I also like the dainty cute size. Reminds me of those mini round donuts sold in bakery shops. Ok…maybe when I get back, I will buy this – then half for Chinese steamed buns and half for these :D
Yes, Tiga, this fried Pillsbury biscuit is even better than steamed, so soft and better than some not-so-good/not-so-fresh donuts. I can eat all 10 of them from one tube. You need to buy more, 1 tube is not enough. By the way, can you get Pillsbury in Singapore? A reader asked me.
That’s such a wonderful recipe! I’ve always wondered how to make those delicious fritters… who knew it’d be so easy! Thank you for the recipe ^_^
my Mother-In-Law uses the canned biscuit dough to make fried pies, using whatever jam or jelly that she has on hand. they’re especially good with apple butter or lemon pie filling. basically one would just half the biscuit lengthwise (leaving you with two complete circles) flatten the dough a little, add filling (leaving about 1/2 inch all around) and then smoosh the other piece of dough on top. fry for about 2 minutes in oil and dust with powdered sugar. super super good :D
Thanks for the recipe idea, but doesn’t the jelly or jam ooze out during the frying process?
Tried these yesterday & it is quite good except a tad strong taste of sodium bicarb….But it sure is a good easy snack to serve guests with : )
Thanks for sharing!
I do notice there is a taste in the Pillsbury biscuits but don’t know what it is.
whoa, i usually shy away from “cheats”, but this looks so yummy
Do you cut them in 1/2 or 1/4? I was thinking that a whole biscuit might make it a bit too big?
No, there is no need to cut. Use the small biscuit, not the big ones. The blue tube.
Hi,
I luv dougnuts very much.. i am in Pg and have been looking for this biscuits in tesco and gurney plaza but cant find it. Do you mind telling me where to get the biscuits??
Really cant wait to try the recipe. .;) yummy yumm
I am based in the US, not sure if you can get it in Penang.
Do you round them into balls before frying or just drop them in?
Just drop them in.
Residing in Denmark now. My 4 1/2 yrs old son and i miss big Apple donuts. Dó you have any recipe that produced similar donuts like big Apple
Anybody have a problem with printing the recipe? I do :(
My parents’ chinese restaurant has always served these on the buffet as dessert ever since I can remember! I always called them “sugar donuts”.
Ah, I remember how my family would do this when we didn’t want to make our donuts with pancake mix. We prepared the same way and stuffed them with homemade mulberry jam from our grandmother’s garden. ^^ Your blog and its pictures are gorgeous!
What a brilliant idea! I’m definitely making these for my sweets-loving husband.