thursday. bavarian cream donuts.

this might be the easiest 'fancy' recipe you'll ever meet. prepare yourself. 30 minutes and you, too, can have warm, soft, squishy, gooey, chocolate-y, rich bavarian cream-filled donuts. one of my favorite girlfriends mentioned that she makes donuts from canned biscuits (yeah, like, the $0.38 for 8 ones!) and uses cinnamon, sugar, frosting, and/or sprinkles on top for her three girls. BRILLIANT!


with that idea in mind, i went on the hunt for a custard filled, chocolate-topped recipe. i took the one i found, and took out all the non-fat, fat-free ingredients that were holding it back from being perfectly delectable—this is what came of it! try it out, they're yummy!

Easiest Donuts EVER.

ingredients.

2 cans jumbo buttermilk biscuits (no flaky biscuits or you'll just end up with oil-soaked garbage can liners!)
canola oil (enough to fill your skillet with about 1/2" worth)
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 1/2 C milk
8 oz. cool whip
1 can milk chocolate frosting (unless you're feeling fancy. then you can make your own frosting.)

make the filling.

1. mix pudding mix and milk together in a large bowl, whisk. add cool whip and mix until combined.
   
2. keep filling in the fridge until you're ready to use it.

get those donuts going.

1. pour oil into your skillet, to about half an inch. turn the heat on medium, and let heat for about five minutes.
   
2. put your super-fancy pants, $0.38 jumbo buttermilk biscuits into the oil and let them brown on one side (about a minute). flip the babies over, and let the other side fry to golden perfection. if the oil doesn't bubble around the biscuits when they're plunged into the hot oil ... it's not hot enough. turn up the heat!
3. once they look all lovely and done, take them out (don't burn yourself!) and put them on a plate lined with paper towels ... you know, to make them healthy(er?).
   

fill em' up.

1. two ways to do this part: use a cake decorating bag with a wide-tip on it. or, if you're like me, and don't have those nifty tools, cut the corner off of a zip-loc™ bag and fill er' up!
2. poke holes in the side of each donut. for this, i have a handy-dandy tool that works perfectly ... it's called a finger (just make sure hands are clean)! If that's not sanitary enough for you, a vegetable skewer works rather well.
3. put the pudding-filling tool into the donut and squeeze until each donut puffs up and you know it's cram-packed and will make a mess when you eat it.

final touch.

1. a donut isn't a donut without some kind of frosting. scoop the can of frosting into a bowl and heat it in the microwave for 30 seconds.
2. swirl the tops of each donut with the frosting.

now, whenever you have breakfast guests, you can show off and make fresh, warm donuts ... just don't tell em' your secret!

P.S. there are about a million ways to make biscuit donuts. make holes in them and coat them with cinnamon and sugar, frosting, powdered sugar, jelly-filled ... the possibilities are endless!