Jelly Donut Holes with Canned Biscuits Dough

by: Katerina Petrovskapublished: Nov 30, 2012updated: Mar 1, 2021

Here we go again with the doughnuts! OR Donuts! What can I say…I love doughnuts! It’s a weekend thing around here. Maybe you can make it a weekend thing, too!

Coincidentally, just the other day my Mojito Doughnuts were picked as one of the World’s Best Doughnuts by BuzzFeed Food. Cool stuff, right?!

But, I bet you’ll be shocked to know that I’ve had a Krispy Kreme’s doughnut only once, and a Dunkin’ Donuts doughnut maybe 4 times, at the most.

I don’t go to fast food restaurants. If there’s something I like, I make it in my kitchen in whatever way I know how.

These  Canned-Biscuits Jelly Donut Holes came about because I wanted a fried doughnut without, a) going to Dunkin’ Donuts and b) without all the work; like yeast, rising time, rolling… too much work. I want these babies on the weekends and I want them fast.

Thus, enter Canned Biscuits Dough! The Buttermilk kind from Pillsbury. That’s the one I use.

This is going to be the easiest fried doughnut recipe you have ever seen. I wasn’t sure what filling I wanted to include in this recipe for you because I sometimes use jelly, other times nothing, and often times I use chocolate ganache.

My mother thinks that it is totally wrong to include chocolate ganache in a doughnut. It’s too classy of a filling to be used in a doughnut, she says. I think she is trying to tell me that doughnuts are not classy.

ENJOY!

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Jelly Donut Holes with Canned Biscuits Dough

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WW Freestyle: 3

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time25 mins

Servings: 20 Donut Holes

Calories: 106

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 can Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk Biscuits Dough
• ▢ Your choice of Jelly
• ▢ Canola Oil for Frying
• ▢ 1/4 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions 

• Separate dough into individual biscuits.
• Flatten each biscuit dough with the palm of your hands; Cut in half.
• Place 1/2 teaspoon of Jelly in the middle of each half.
• Form each biscuit into a ball by pinching together the ends and then rolling the dough in between your palms.
• Fill a saucepan about a 1/3 way up with oil; heat oil.
• Once the oil is hot, lower the heat to medium-low. That's about a "3" on my gas stove.
• Drop the doughnuts into the saucepan, 2 to 3 at a time.
• Fry them in the oil until golden and then flip with tongs to fry the other side.
• Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl; Toss the doughnuts in the cinnamon-sugar mixture while they're still warm.
• Serve immediately.

Notes

Make sure that you lower the heat so that the doughnuts cook evenly, inside and out.

 

Nutrition Facts

Jelly Donut Holes with Canned Biscuits Dough

Amount Per Serving

Calories 106 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Fat 5g8%

Saturated Fat 0g0%

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 217mg9%

Potassium 51mg1%

Carbohydrates 13g4%

Fiber 0g0%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 1g2%

Calcium 12mg1%

Iron 0.8mg4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.