Donuts, Doughnuts, Fried Deliciousness

I'm putting it out there right now that the next big thing in the city is going to be/needs to be upscale donut shops. Remember a couple years ago when cupcakes became all the rage? It's time the donut was represented in an equally cute and adorable way. Right now we mainly have gross 24-hour creepy/dirty donut shops and in the suburbs there is always Krispy Kreme. You watch...pretty soon you'll see one of these cute, hip, gourmet donut shops pop up on Union or Fillmore. Mark my word.

I've been craving donuts so I decided to take matters into my own hands recently by making my own donuts at home using store-bought biscuits in a tube and it was so easy and so delicious! I used the smallest one of these to punch out the middles.

I didn't have an oil/candy thermometer so I just turned the pan on medium heat for a while.
They only took about a minute on the first side...
Then I flipped them with a chopstick and voila!


We even made donut holes! We dipped them all in cinnamon sugar and devoured them with our neighbors Andy and Emily in no time flat! This would be a fun activity with a big group of people and lots of different toppings including chocolate and rainbow sprinkles!