Try these yummy homemade donut recipes you can make at home, including a super easy donut recipe made with canned biscuits and a yeast donut recipe you can make from scratch. No matter which you choose, you’re destined for delicious!! Our older kids love the easy donut recipe because they can easily make it themselves!
This easy donut recipe from canned biscuits is one of our favorite homemade donut recipes because it’s so super easy to make! All of our kids have loved this recipe and we freqently made these donuts when they were younger!
Since they’re made from canned donuts, it’s easy to make them in 10 minutes, including the time to fry them. We usually make them with powdered sugar. Just put some powdered sugar in a paper bag, toss the donuts in while still warm and shake!
Powdered sugar was our kids’ favorite way to make this homemade donut recipe, but you can also make them with cinnamon and sugar, or using the homemade donut glaze recipe or chocolate glaze recipe below. If you want to get extra fancy, you could glaze or frost them and roll in sprinkles, coconut or nuts.
PrintSuper Easy Donut Recipe!
- Yield: 10 donuts
Ingredients
1 can refrigerator biscuits
oil for frying
1 cup powdered sugar or 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon
Instructions
- Punch a hole in the center of each biscuit.
- Fry donuts in hot oil until donuts puff and are golden brown.
- Turn and fry the other side.
- Drain on a paper towel.
- In a paper sack, put about 1 cup of powdered sugar or 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
- Drop donuts into the bag and toss until coated.
- Serve warm. Makes 10 donuts.
Notes
- A 1-inch-diameter piece of clean metal pipe cut down to 3 inches is a good donut hole punch.
- The powdered sugar or cinnamon and sugar may be saved to use again.
This easy donut glaze recipe is a tasty topping for your favorite homemade donut recipes! Quick and easy to make in 2 minutes! This is the whitish-clear you see on glazed donuts at the bakery or your favorite store. We have used it for the super easy donuts above and also to glaze the scratch-made raised donuts below!
PrintEasy Donut Glaze Recipe
Ingredients
4 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
Enough milk to make a thin icing (about 1/2 cup)
Instructions
- Mix first 3 ingredients together.
- Add enough milk to make a thin glaze.
- Drizzle glaze on your donuts or dip the donuts in the glaze.
If you prefer chocolate donut glaze to top your homemade donuts, try this easy chocolate donut glaze recipe. This can also be tasty drizzled alternately with the regular glaze recipe above to make a more striped donut! Your kids will love it no matter which of the homemade donut recipes you use with it!
PrintChocolate Donut Glaze Recipe
Ingredients
8 oz. bittersweet chocolate chips or chocolate chopped into roughly even pieces
8 Tbsp. (1 stick) butter, cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Place the chocolate into a microwave safe bowl.
- Microwave, stirring every 20 seconds, until mostly melted.
- Add the butter and stir. Use immediately.
- Drizzle glaze on your donuts or dip the donuts in the glaze.
If you prefer donuts completely from scratch, this raised donuts recipe is another one of our favorite homemade donut recipes! This recipe is easy to make with ingredients you probably already have on hand, but it will take longer to get from start to finish because you have to let the donut dough rise several times.
These are delicious, but because they take longer to make than the super easy ones above, I would make these when I need a lot of homemade donuts, like for a big family breakfast or holiday get-together!
PrintHomemade Raised Donuts Recipe
- Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients
1 pkg. or 1 Tbsp. yeast
1/4 cup water, lukewarm
3/4 cup milk, scalded
4–5 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
2 tsp. lemon rind (optional)
1/2 cup shortening, melted
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in water.
- Add cooled milk.
- Add 1/2 cup flour and 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Beat until smooth.
- Let rise 1/2 hour.
- Add eggs, lemon rind, shortening, flour, sugar, nutmeg and salt.
- Beat 4 or 5 minutes with mixer.
- Gently knead with a small amount of flour .
- Let rise 1 hour.
- Roll 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut with a biscuit cutter.
- Let rise 1 hour.
- Fry in hot vegetable oil until golden brown on each side.
- Frost with chocolate frosting, or coat with powdered sugar or cinnamon and sugar. Makes 2 dozen.
This spice cake donuts recipe makes delicious cake donuts with the flavor of spice cake. Cake donuts are a little heavier than raised donuts and are a little more like cake. These are perfect for the holidays or if you’re looking for a little bit different flavor than regular donuts. They’re especially good with the donut glaze above!
PrintSpice Cake Donuts Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 dash nutmeg
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a deep fryer to 375°.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Mix in butter until crumbly.
- Stir in milk and egg until smooth.
- Knead lightly.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Roll or pat to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Cut with a donut cutter or use two round biscuit cutters of different sizes.
- Carefully drop donuts into the hot oil, a few at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan or the oil may overflow.
- Fry for 3 minutes or until golden, turning once.
- Drain on paper towels.
These easy homemade donut recipes are from volume 1 of our cookbook:
Save Money On Groceries And Make Meals Easier! (Sale Up To 50% Off!)
Click here to get our Dining On A Dime Cookbooks SALE Up To 50% Off NOW! They’re filled with tasty recipes and tips to make your life easier!
Here are some other delicious breakfast recipes that go well with these homemade donut recipes!
The Best Easy French Toast Recipe!
Mom’s Best Sweet Muffins Recipe – Easy Sweet Breakfast Muffins
10 Easy Make Ahead Breakfast Recipes
So happy this donut recipe is in my cookbook. I love my cookbook!
Thank you Patty. I am so glad you are enjoying it
Why does the raised doughnut recipe say 3/4 cup of sugar in the ingredient list but only uses 2Tbsp in the directions?
In step 3 you add 2 Tbsp. to the flour and mix – then if you read in step 6 you add the rest of the sugar with all the other ingredients listed there.