Homemade Donuts {almost}

If you have been following the weather, we in the northeast have been getting hammered with snow showers. With nowhere to go most days, I am usually at peace, one with the snow. I did, however, have to drive to a doctor's appointment last week and was a nervous wreck, but they have a million snow plows in operation here and thankfully, it can snow a foot and you won't find much on the roads anywhere.

Yesterday, we got around three inches in as many hours. You will be fined here if you don't shovel your sidewalk and drive within 24 hours, so David spends a lot of time outside.

Sadly, David is on day 15 of working straight- not a single Saturday or Sunday off in 15 days. Poor guy. We are thankful for the work load and knew this new job came with a lot of hours, but we still miss him terribly. He is at his office at 6:00 am sharp everyday {even weekends} and home by 5:00 pm, but goes to bed by 9:00 pm. We try to make our evenings as a family special!

Homemade donuts are my secret weapon in making everyone happy
{mainly by inducing a carbohydrate coma!} : )

Now, be fair warned.. a lot of the recipes I will post are southern comfort foods, because, well... that is where I come from. These are bad for you in every which kind of way.

So I'm sorry. But, you're welcome! They are so good and easy, it's a crime!

They look impressive and require so very little.

1. Vegetable oil for frying {See! Bad, bad, bad for you!}

2. Large biscuits, but don't buy the ones that say "flakey"

3. Melted butter in a bowl

4. Cinnamon and sugar in a bowl

If you have a tiny cookie cutter, pop the centers out.

I didn't,

{well, actually I did, but it was covered in play dough and I was too lazy to clean it. Just call me honest John.}

 so, I just used the bottom of a little Tupperware container and a knife to cut it out.

Heat your oil on medium and when water sizzles on top of it, carefully drop your donuts in.

Fry them until they are golden brown on both sides.

Hint: if you under cook them and find dough on the inside, pop them in the oven at 350 for five minutes. Don't refry!

Lay them on a paper towel to drip dry {Oh, my, I wish you could smell this!},

roll them in butter on both sides, and coat with your cinn/sugar combo.

While my boys fill their tummies full of good-for-nothing-sugar and the all evil white flour, I sneak away to the computer.

They will never notice my absence... for they are in a carbohydrate coma!

You should try it sometime! : )