Homemade Donuts!

I have been seeing these homemade donuts come across my Pinterest the last few weeks.  My mama must have been cool before her time, because she used to make these on quiet weekend afternoons when my four siblings and I were growing up.

Here's what you need... 

• a tube of homestyle refrigerator biscuits.  Any size or brand works.
• Vegetable oil 
• Sugar
• a 1/2 inch or a 1 inch round cutter (optional)

My mom would do all the frying...we would cut the raw biscuits.  We used an old thimble to cut the centers out.  Nowadays I  have a tiny round cutter that came in a set of fondant cutters.  If you don't have some sort of cutter...you can always cut the raw biscuits into fourths and fry them that way.

Put about .5 inch of oil into a sauce pan (I wouldn't use a fry pan unless it has high sides).

Heat up the oil on about medium heat... Don't let it get too hot or you will not be able to keep up with the cooking speed! :)

 I just drop the donuts in by hand being careful not the touch the hot oil, and I use a large slotted spoon to fish turn them over and fish them out.  You will be surprised how quickly they cook so stay on top of them and do not get distracted.  It will only take a minute or two (depending on how hot your oil is) for the first side of them to brown up...flip them and not more than a minute later take them out.  Don't forget to cook the little donut holes too!

I laid them out on some napkins to kind of soak up some of the oil.  You will want to let them cool enough that you handle them without getting burnt before rolling them through the sugar.  The warmer the donuts are the better the sugar will stick (i.e. MORE SUGAR!)

After you roll them through the sugar...you are done! 
 
The best thing about these donuts is that they are best eaten warm...so you really have to eat as many as you can before they get cold!  LOVE THEM!