Quick and Easy Doughnut Balls with Lemon Glaze
These delicious semi-homemade doughnut balls with lemon glaze are quick to make, even quicker to disappear.
Ingredients
For the Doughnut Balls:
- 1 tube (7.5 ounces) (10 biscuits) pre-made Biscuit Dough
- 3/4 cup canola oil or an amount not more than 1-inch deep in the pan (amount of oil may vary depending on the size of the pan)
For the Lemon Glaze:
- 1 whole lemon first zested and then juiced
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
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. Set the rolled balls on a large plate and set aside for a moment.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Once the sides of the doughnut balls turn a golden color, transfer them onto a paper towel-lined plate.
- 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.
- Continue the process to cook the rest of the doughnut balls.
- If the doughnut balls brown too quickly when added to the oil, turn the heat down just a bit.
- Once all of the doughnut balls are done cooking set them aside for a moment while making the glaze.
For the Lemon Glaze:
- To a small bowl, add lemon zest, juice from a whole lemon and powdered sugar. Mix together until smooth.
- Place the doughnut balls on a serving plate and drizzle lemon glaze over the top of each one.
- Serve right away while the doughnut balls are warm.