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Sugared Pillsbury Biscuits - Cheater Donuts using Pillsbury biscuits. Fluffy, light, pillowy and oh-so-YUM. These sugared Pillsbury biscuits are the BEST!
Cheater Donuts
Are they malasadas (malassadas)? Beignets? Sugar Egg Puffs? Doughuts?
Not quite but they are really as good as all the above—soft, doughy, and fluffy. Once you have one, you just can’t stop. And the best thing of all, they take only 3 minutes to make, seriously.
They are fried Pillsbury buttermilk biscuits. Yes, those biscuits that you always bake, or even steamed to create Chinese bao (steamed buns)…
They were fried to golden brown (took less than 2 minutes) and then dusted generously with sugar. It’s not conventional, but trust me on this one: once you taste these babies, you will probably not bake them anymore! Look at the pictures, puffy, pillowy, sugared fried dough balls. Can you say no?
Try it out and I am positive everyone will love this.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 422 calories per serving.
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Sugared Pillsbury Biscuits (Cheater Donuts)
Ingredients
- 1 tube pillsbury biscuits, buttermilk flavor, contains 10 doughs
- sugar
- oil , for deep frying
Instructions
- Separate each dough piece from the tube and drop them into a frying pan (with enough heated oil) or a deep fryer. Turn them over and fry evenly until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Transfer them out, dust with sugar, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My grandma made them for me as a kid
I still talk about them to this day
There is nothing like fried biscuit dough with sugar.
Thanks for posting this recipe
Thanks!