This Cinnamon Sugar Donut Fries Recipe consists of deep-fried donut fries coated in cinnamon sugar and drenched with a sweet maple glaze.
Am I the only one who is intimidated to make donuts from scratch at home? Not the cake-like donuts, but the real deep-fried yeast donuts. One day I will get that done, but in the meantime, I will stick with my best friend, Pillsbury, to make donuts. That’s right. Pillsbury Grands Biscuits make for some pretty awesome donuts.
These Cinnamon Sugar Donut Fries are the update to my other good friend, Maple Bacon Donut Fries. The donuts are deep-fried in oil, coated in cinnamon sugar and drenched with a maple glaze.
Let me tell you that eating donuts in the shape of French fries is so much more fun, and a little less guilty too. Making these donut fries is very simple! You can heat oil on the stove top using a candy thermometer, they are inexpensive but crucial for proper deep frying. Roll out each biscuit until flattened and cut into stripes with a pizza cutter.
You drop each fry into the oil and cook for about 30 seconds on each side until light brown. I suggest allowing these to cool and drip off any excess oil before tossing in the cinnamon sugar mixture. I use two parts sugar to one part cinnamon.
The fries are covered with a brown butter maple glaze. I just couldn’t resist adding a bit of my favorite fall flavor, maple syrup! Of course, you can use a standard vanilla glaze if desired, but the maple is a perfect complement to the cinnamon sugar fries. Try serving these for breakfast or a late-night snack!
Cinnamon Sugar Donut Fries
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 serving
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Fried
- Cuisine: American
Description
Donuts that are deep-fried in oil, coated in cinnamon sugar, and drenched with a sweet maple glaze.
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 1 bottle vegetable oil (48oz)
- 1 sleeve Pillsbury Grands Homestyle Biscuits (48oz)
- 1/4 C sugar
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
For the Glaze:
- 1 C powdered sugar, sifted
- 1/4 C unsalted butter, browned
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- In a medium-sized pot, empty a full container of vegetable oil. Attach a candy thermometer to the size of the pot. Heat oil over medium heat until it reaches 360-375° F. Turn your heat down slightly to prevent the oil from getting too hot. Use extreme caution, oil will be very hot.
- Remove biscuits from container and roll out flat, lengthwise. With your hands, roll each cutting into a long string with a pizza cutter. Cut in half if necessary.
- Drop biscuits in oil.
- Fry for about 20-30 seconds a side until golden brown. Remove with a pair of tongs and set on a paper towel-lined plate to drain the excess oil. When finished deep-frying, leave your candy thermometer in the oil until it is completely cooled.
- Combine cinnamon and sugar in a Ziploc bag. Throw fried donuts in the Ziploc bag, seal it and gently toss to coat the fries in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
For the Glaze:
- Sift the powdered sugar. This step is necessary to create a smooth glaze.
- Melt butter in a saucepan. Once melted, continue to stir until butter turns a golden brown.
- Pour melted butter over powdered sugar. Add maple syrup and milk.
- Whisk until smooth.
- For a thicker glaze, add only 1 tablespoon of milk instead of two. Or add additional powdered sugar. To make glaze thinner, add additional milk
I made my own biscuit batter. Other than that. They taste really good.
Thank you
Maria
Sounds wonderful Maria!
These donuts look yummy.
I wish I could inhale every single one of those donut fries! Do they ever look good!! 🙂
HAHA! I would totally share these fries with you!
If you take those same buttermilk biscuits and poke a hole in the center then stretch them out, they are the perfect donut shape! We make them all the time.
Same here! I love it!
I have been using refrigerated biscuit dough for over 40 years (tells how old I am!) to make doughnuts. I made them frequently when my children were at home. I would use a small bottle to cut out the hole then fry them to make doughnut holes. My girls liked powdered sugar more than cinnamon sugar so I would have two paper bags with the different sugars in them. I would let them help shake the bags so they would feel like they were helping. It was a fun thing to do.
Yes! I have done that! I love using the biscuits, it makes homemade donuts so much easier!
These doughnut fries are incredible! What an awesome idea!
Thanks Russell!
Cinnamon + Sugar is like a dream combination! I’ve never made homemade donuts either, maybe we’ll get brave enough one day. Let’s make cinnamon sugar ones!!
Thank you for stopping by Kelly!
DONUT fries?!!? Yes, please. I need to partake in a piece of this genius.
Thanks Rachel!
Wow, I wouldn’t be able to stop eating these fries!
Donut fries sound amazing!! I love, love cooking with Pillsbury biscuits. They make everything so easy and delicious!
Thanks Christin!
What is the temp of the oil when you fry?
Hi Marsha, the usual temperature for frying oil is 365 degrees
Looks delicious!
(P.S. I went to print the recipe and the instructions part is the list of ingredients.)
Hi Samantha, I am having some technical issues and hope to get this fixed soon. Thank you!
Cinnamon sugar donut fries?! Amazing, Julianne! I am so amazed by this delicious recipe. And it looks so easy, too!
Would you like fries with that? Hellz ya!!!
Both of your donut fry recipes look so amazing, but frying scares me a bit too… Maybe it’s time to be brave because my husband and son would really love for me to try the bacon maples ones:)
Nope, not just you. Frying things in general intimidates me! But these look worth it. I love how they’re like fries. Such an inspired idea!