These cinnamon sugar biscuit donuts are an easy way way to have fresh, warm, donuts at home! The canned biscuits are deep fried and coated in cinnamon sugar, for a delicious, melt in your mouth donut!
Donuts are one of the things I often crave when I want something sweet. I usually go for a maple or chocolate donut, but I definitely don’t discriminate and I love all kinds of donuts. 😉 These cinnamon sugar biscuit donuts are such a great, quick solution for when I want donuts at home!
If you love cinnamon sugar everything, you’ll also love these cinnamon sugar pretzels too!
We made these when I was younger, and it was always so fun to have homemade fresh donuts. There is just something about a warm fresh donut, I could eat half a dozen of them at once.
These biscuit donuts couldn’t be easier to make. You only need three ingredients (+ oil) to make them.
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Ingredients Needed to make Cinnamon Sugar Biscuit Donuts:
- Large Canned Biscuits (I like Pillsbury Grands! Southern Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits)
- Ground Cinnamon
- Granulated Sugar
How to make Biscuit Donuts?
- Heat 2 inches of oil in a large bottomed pot over medium heat to 350 F or you can use a deep fryer. Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl, and set it aside.
- Pop the can of biscuits open, and separate each of your biscuits out from the can. Cut about 1 circular inch small hole from the middle of each using a small round cookie cutter, or a donut cutter. (You can also fry those up as donut holes).
- When the oil is heated add 3-4 biscuits at a time in the pot of hot oil, and cook until the bottom side is golden brown, then flip them over and cook the other side till lightly golden. They’re fry for about 2-3 minutes on each side. Set them on a stack of paper towels to remove a little oil.
- While they are still warm, dip all sides of the donuts into the cinnamon sugar mixture. You can also add the biscuits and sugar to a brown paper bag and shake them up to coat. Enjoy them hot donuts! If they sugar mixture doesn’t stick to the fried donuts you can dip them in melted butter, then the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Tips for making Cinnamon Sugar Biscuit Donuts:
- I usually use vegetable oil to cook these donuts. Canola oil, or peanut oil will also work.
- You want to make sure your oil isn’t too hot (if it’s too hot the donuts will cook too fast on the outside and not be cooked in the middle). You can add one donut hole to test the temperature before frying them all up.
- Obviously this recipe is for cinnamon sugar donuts, but you can top your biscuit donuts with whatever you want – I’ve used store bought chocolate frosting for a chocolate glaze, powdered sugar, made a homemade maple icing, etc.
- Place any extra donuts in an airtight container. They can be stored for about 1 to 2 days at room temperature. Pop them in the microwave for about 15 seconds, or air fryer for a couple minutes to reheat and enjoy them warm again, if you want!
- You can also make biscuit donuts in the oven or air fryer! Find my instructions to make air fryer donuts here.
How to store Leftover Donuts?
These donuts are best enjoyed fresh, when they are still warm, but if you end up with some leftovers you can store them, once they are completely cooled in an airtight container at room temperature for about 2-3 days.
Microwave them up for about 15 seconds to enjoy them warm again, though the texture won’t be the same.
These delicious biscuit donuts are such a delicious breakfast, or treat idea! They’re the best fluffy donuts, they’re easy to make, and you can have homemade donuts in less than 30 minutes!
More Homemade Donut Recipes:
- Old Fashioned Donuts
- Apple Cider Donuts
- Maple Donuts
- Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts
- Chocolate Donuts on Buns in my Oven
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Cinnamon Sugar Biscuit Donuts
Ingredients
- 16.3oz Grands! Buttermilk Biscuits
- oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat 2 inches of oil in a large bottomed pot over medium heat. (Or in a deep fryer heated to 350)
- Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and set aside.
- Separate each of the biscuits from the can and cut about 1 circular inch out of the middle of each. (You can fry those up as donut holes!)
- When the oil is heated, put each biscuit in into your pot and cook until the bottom side turns lightly golden, then flip over and cook the other side till golden. (About 1.5-2 minutes total)
- Set on paper towels to remove a little oil.
- While still warm, dip all sides of each donut in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Repeat with additional donuts (and donut holes) and enjoy warm!
Nutrition
These cinnamon sugar biscuit donuts were first posted on October 24, 2014. The photos are text were updated for clarity on May 18, 2021.
Steve says
These are AWESOME! And SO easy. Have made them a couple of times now and love them, thanks for posting this recipe. I decided to try something a little different on the second batch. I made a simple glaze with powdered sugar, cinnamon, and water, and glazed the donuts after they cooled for a minute. WOW! Now to decide which is better lol.
Aimee says
That glaze sounds delicious. I’ll have to make it next time.
Susan T Calise says
How can you bake them..
Aimee says
They definitely won’t be as donutty when they are baked, but you can definitely make them in the oven! I think probably about 375 F for 10-15 minutes, till golden and cooked, then add glaze, or butter and sugar, etc.
Sylvia says
I’m very excited to try this recipe.
I’ve had some biscuits in the frig for quite awhile, hope there not to old. I just never made them, but this sounds good and has me encouraged to try them tonight. Just hope the biscuits are to old, and they dont turn out on that account.
But they sound so good I’m going give it a go. Lol
Aimee says
Good luck!! I hope they turn out for you!
Rona C Koehler says
I really really like these donuts and I am sitting here wondering why grandma never made them she made everything else.
Ellen says
I’m glad you like the donuts.
Tammy Ballinger says
I used the grands biscuts to fry donuts. Thry ended up being doughy in the middle but pretty dark on the outside. The directions said to heat the oil on Med.to Med.high. I chose medium. I will have to throw them out I guess since I cant eat a raw donut.
Maybe I will pop them in the microwave to finish them. I hate to waste anything.
Aimee says
So sorry, my guess is your oil still ended up too hot. You’ll want it around 350 degrees. You might be able to try baking them covered with foil to not brown the outsides but to heat the middle
Kristl Mercurio says
Your oil is definitely too hot! I made some this morning and they were fully cooked in the center! We thought they were perfect! Btw, I used vegetable oil.
Ellen says
It is very important to watch the temperature of the oil. One of the challenges of frying. I am so glad you thought they were perfect.
Jeanette Smith says
I also had similar results so I fried to perfect golden brown then finish in oven.
Aimee says
Good job making it work!
Dom says
Same here please tell me if you figured it out
Aimee says
If they are cooking too fast on the outside and under done in the middle it is because your oil is too hot. Different stove tops run at different temperatures, and as the oil heats up more you may need to lower the temp for the second set as well.
Kari Schubauer says
These were one of my favorite weekend treats growing up. My mom did a great job making it even more kid friendly! Instead of making donut holes have freshly washed little thumbs poke holes through the middle of each biscuit. Put cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar in brown paper bags in an empty sink and shake to cover.
Aimee Berrett says
Love the idea of shaking it in the bag and letting the kids help! Such a fun family treat, right? 🙂
Heidi Blake says
I’m 55 years old and my mom taught me how to make these donuts when I was a little girl. The difference was Grands biscuits didn’t exist yet, lol! But, I think it was better with the old style canned biscuits. You could buy a 4 pack of a dozen biscuits in each package for less than a dollar! The biscuits were quite a bit smaller than Grand’s and we didn’t mess with trying to make a regular shaped donut and then the holes as well. Everybody I knew (back then everybody made these donuts, it was the early 70’s, the days of Chef boyardee pizza – yuk!) we made most everything at home, ordering pizza out was even a huge treat! Anyway, we took the biscuits out of the can and cut each one in half. So our biscuits were like half moons. When I was a kit that was the only way I could tell if donuts were homemade or store bought! So if the can had a dozen biscuits we had 24 donuts, Yay!! Also, we never put the donuts on paper towels to get rid of the oit! Come on, everybody knew that throwing the donuts into the paper bag hot and greasy was the way to get the most cinnamon and sugar or powdered sugar to stick on the donuts! We always used the paper bag method of getting our sweetness on our donuts, sometimes the donuts were so hot and greasy (again) that we made holes in the bag and all of the sugar would spill on the floor! Moms just loved when that happened haha! Said no mother ever! I hope everybody enjoys their old fashioned biscuit donuts! I will say that just writing up this little comment brought back so many happy memories for me, maybe everybody should at least try this recipe on a Friday or Saturday family night – we sure had a lot of fun!
Aimee says
Oh my goodness, your comment made my day! I love the idea of tossing them in the sugar in a paper bag and I’m sure my kids would love helping me that way too. As long as the bag doesn’t break, haha!
Ashley says
Yikes! I bought the buttermilk Flakey biscuits! Have you ever used those? I read another recipe that said Don’t use them because they’ll absorb the oil?!
Aimee Berrett says
I haven’t used them, but I dont think it will absorb too much oil, I’m not completely sure. I just think they might be more flaky and might not hold their form as much, I’m not sure! Let me know if you try it!
Lynn says
I literally just made these….10 mins ago after reading the recipe. All I had were the buttermilk flaky grands but I didn’t do well with my oil. First batch came out fine but second batch got burnt on the outside and still doughy on the inside. I know it was my issue with the oil. I didn’t have any cinnamon either so I just used sugar. They were fine using the flaky ones.
Aimee says
So sorry, it’s definitely important not to have the oil get to hot as it keeps heating up.
Lolly Jane says
YUM! We love any donut but cinny sugar is a top fave! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later! says
Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are my personal favorite! YUM!
Aimee Berrett says
Thanks mine too!
triedandtasty says
Donuts are one of my favorite sweets… making them with biscuits looks a little TOO easy!! These look delicious!
Aimee Berrett says
Wayy too easy and so absolutely delicious! Donuts are one of my favorites too!