My maple bacon doughnuts are made easy with canned biscuits that I fry up golden before topping with a maple glaze and crispy bacon bits. Cheaper than hitting the bakery and so simple.
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These doughnuts are seriously so easy to make but here are a few tips to make it even more perfect:
- Cut the holes out the biscuits evenly. Use the top of a plastic oil container or something similar. It gives you a nice, uniform circle every time.
- Keep that oil hot boos. Use a kitchen or candy thermometer. Too low, and your doughnuts will be greasy, too high, and they’ll burn.
- Fry in batches so you don’t overcrowd the pan and lower the oil making soggy doughnuts. Remember to drain on a wire rack too!
How to make Maple Bacon Doughnuts
Shape and Fry the Doughnuts
Step 1: Separate the biscuits and lay them out.
Step 2: Cut out a hole in the center of each using the top of your plastic oil container to create the doughnuts.
Step 3: Fry each doughnut in hot oil until golden brown on both sides.
Step 4: Transfer the cooked doughnuts to a cooling rack with paper towels beneath to allow all the excess oil to drip off.
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Whisk the Glaze and Add to Doughnuts
Step 5: Combine the powdered sugar, butter, maple syrup, and vanilla extract in a bowl.
Step 6: Stir everything together until it’s smooth and pourable.
Step 7: Dip one side of each doughnut into the maple glaze and place on a cooling rack.
Step 8: Sprinkle bacon bits over the glaze of each doughnut.
Maple Bacon Doughnuts Recipe
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Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 1 16.3 ounce can Grands! biscuits
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon melted butter
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 slices hormel bacon fried or baked until crispy and diced into small pieces
Instructions
- Heat oil over high heat.
- Separate biscuits and cut out a hole in the center of each using the top of your plastic oil container to create the doughnuts.
- Fry each doughnut until golden brown on both sides and drain on cooling rack with paper towels beneath.
- While doughnuts drain, whisk together powdered sugar, butter, maple syrup, and vanilla extract until smooth and pourable in a medium sized bowl.
- Dip one side of each doughnut into the maple glaze and place on a cooling rack.
- Sprinkle bacon bits over the glaze of each doughnut and serve.
Notes
How to store & reheat Maple Bacon Doughnuts
Keep these doughnuts fresh by storing them in an airtight container at room temp if you plan to eat them soon. If you’ve got leftovers (rare, I know), you can also refrigerate unglazed doughnuts and store the glaze separately in the fridge. Doughnuts aren’t meant to be cold y’all! If you stored them in the fridge, zap them in the microwave for 8-10 seconds to get them soft and warm again.How long will Maple Bacon Doughnuts last in the fridge?
At room temp, these doughnuts will stay tasty for about 1 to 2 days. In the fridge, they can hold up for 3 to 4 days.Can I freeze bacon doughnuts?
You can freeze these doughnuts unglazed! Wrap each one in plastic wrap, pop them in a freezer bag, and they’ll stay good for up to 2 months. Just thaw, warm them up in the microwave for a few seconds, and glaze.Maple Bacon Doughnuts Ingredients
- Oil: Go for a neutral-flavored oil like vegetable or canola.
- Biscuits: You can use any brand of biscuit dough, but I always grab a 16.3-ounce can of Grands! biscuits. They’re foolproof.
- Powdered Sugar: If you don’t have it, here’s how to make powdered sugar . Or you could also cut down on refined powdered sugars by using coconut sugar or monk fruit sweetener. These may require a bit more stirring to dissolve into a smooth glaze.
- Bacon Bits: Hormel bacon fried or baked crispy, then diced up into bits. You can try different types of bacon, such as turkey bacon, candied bacon, or peppered versions.
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Recipe help
Yep! Avoid using layered or flaky biscuits, they might fall apart while frying. Grands! Homestyle Original Biscuits are your best bet.
The oil needs to be at 375°F to cook the doughnuts through without burning the outside. A candy thermometer will help you keep track. Don’t overcrowd the pan boos, it lowers the oil temperature. Your doughnuts will soak up oil instead of frying up crispy and golden.
You can but they truly taste best fried! Place them on a lined baking pan and follow the instructions on the biscuit can.
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Oh, my! Jocelyn, you’ve outdone yourself with this recipe. Could you send me some?? 🙂
Oh my! I am thinking about my son diving into these. Donuts and bacon are on the top of his favorite-foods list.
I think they might be at the top of most of our food lists! Ha! Smart son!
Looks good. I added them to my list. How much oil did you use?
Thanks Rekaya, I used about 2 cups of oil.
So I love getting these at the bakery… but having that at home sounds 10 times better! Ahhh… I think I would be my dad’s favorite person ever if I made these for him! Yum! Yum! Amazing as usual Jocelyn!
Oh yeah dads love doughnuts right!!! So I know these would be daddy heaven!!! Thanks Ally!!
Part of me just can’t imagine these, another part of me just KNOWS they are delicious. Trying bacon in a baked good is now firmly on my food wishlist! 🙂
Oh yeah, it should definitely be on your food wishlist!!
These are just perfect Jocelyn! SO pretty.
Thanks so much Dorothy!!!
I will definitely get in line for these! Bacon all the way!
Hooray thanks so much Mary!
These sound so easy and look so delicious, Jocelyn! Maple and bacon is one great combo. 🙂
Thanks so much Marcie!!! Super easy!!
Oh my goodness. I can’t think of a better way to start a week than with one of these. Yum!!
Thanks so much Kathi!!
Lawd Jesus help me!
Oh yeah!