Quick and Easy Doughnut Balls with Lemon Glaze

by Nancy

These delicious semi-homemade doughnut balls with lemon glaze are quick to make, even quicker to disappear.

These delightful doughnut balls couldn’t be easier to make.

They’re made with premade biscuit dough that comes in a tube and can be found in the dairy or refrigerated section in the grocery store.

And the least expensive ones that are either buttermilk or plain flavor work great for this recipe.

This recipe isn’t very fancy schmancy but these doughnut balls taste really good.

And best of all, they taste even better with lemon glaze.

If you don’t have lemons or powdered sugar on hand, right after the doughnut balls are cooked, roll them in a mixture of granulated sugar and cinnamon.

About Serving

You may want to have milk or coffee on hand to go along with them too…just for good measure.

These yummies can be enjoyed for breakfast, dessert, or a fun snack.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Doughnut Balls – Premade biscuit dough, and canola oil

Lemon Glaze – Lemon zest, lemon juice and powdered sugar

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

For the Doughnut Balls:

Lay a paper towel onto a large plate and set aside.

Tear each piece of biscuit dough in half,

and roll each one into a ball.

To a small saucepan, add canola oil so that the oil is no more than 1-inch deep in the pan (amount of oil may vary depending on the size of the pan).

Heat the saucepan on low to medium heat.

After 20 seconds, using tongs, carefully add 4 of the biscuit dough balls to the oil.

They’ll cook fast so watch them very closely.

With cooking tongs, carefully turn each doughnut ball as they cook so that all sides turn a light golden color.

If at any time the oil gets too hot (smoky or a lot of sizzling), turn the heat off and set the pan on an unused burner to cool.

Once the sides of the doughnut balls turn a golden color, transfer them onto a paper towel-lined plate.

Continue the process to cook the rest of them.

If they start to get brown too quickly when added to the oil, turn the heat down just a bit.

If at any time the oil gets too hot (smoky or a lot of sizzling), turn the heat off and set the pan on an unused burner to cool.

Once all of the doughnut balls are done, set them aside for a moment while making the glaze.

For the Glaze:

Zest the lemon.

To a small bowl, add lemon zest…

…juice from a whole lemon,

and powdered sugar.

Mix together until smooth.

Next,

place the doughnut balls on a serving plate…

…and,

…drizzle lemon glaze over the top of each doughnut ball.

Then serve right away…

…while…

…the doughnut balls are warm.

These doughnut balls can be served as a finger food or…

…with a fork if preferred.

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