serious eats - easy homemade doughnuts

Ingredients For serious eats - easy homemade doughnuts

• INGREDIENTS - DOUGHNUTS
• 1 pkg

  buttermilk biscuits (pillsbury)
• 8 c

  vegetable oil for frying
• INGREDIENTS - VANILLA GLAZE
• 2 c

  confectioners sugar
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• 8 Tbsp

  unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 c

  milk
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• INGREDIENTS - ORANGE-CARDAMOM GLAZE
• 2 c

  confectioners sugar
• 1 tsp

  ground cardamom
• 1/4 tsp

  salf
• 1 1/2 tsp

  finely grated zest plus 6 tablespoons juice from 2 oranges
• INGREDIENTS - BROWN BUTTER GLAZE
• 8 Tbsp

  unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
• 2 c

  confectioners sugar
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• 1/4 c

  milk
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• INGREDIENTS - CHOCOLATE GLAZE
• 1 c

  confectioners sugar
• 1 c

  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• 1 3/4 c

  milk
• INGREDIENTS - PINK GLAZE
• 2 c

  confectioners sugar
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• 8 Tbsp

  unsalted butter, melted
• 1 1/4 c

  strawberry-flavored milk
• NOTES
• 1 can

  buttermilk biscuits yields ten small (about 2 1/2-inch inches in diameter) doughnuts and ten tiny doughnut holes. you'll need a 1/2-inch round cutter to punch out the holes.
• 1 can

  grands homestyle buttermilk biscuits yields eight large (about 3 1/2 inches in diameter) doughnuts and eight doughnut holes. you'll need a one-inch round cutter to punch out the holes.
• glaze recipes make enough for one batch of large doughnuts. if making small ones, cut recipe in half.
• chopsticks are best for turning doughnuts, but you can use ends of two wooden spoons if you don't have any. if you don't have round cutters, use a bottle cap or the back of a pastry tip that fits the measurements provided.