Donuts: My Hypocrisy

While I sit here planning tonight's Insanity workout, while on day 3 of my second round of the Three Day Diet, I am dreaming about donuts. Talk about hypocrisy! I'm not dreaming about just any donuts, but the homemade donuts that remind me of my childhood and happened to magically appear in my kitchen a few weeks ago.

Hint: I made them.

Bare with me! I am still on my healthy path, but once in a while you have to have a cheat. If you don't allow yourself that, then what is the point of living your chances of success are far less. While I would love to have a super model body (who wouldn't), I also want to enjoy life...and amazing food is part of that.

So, I bring you a favorite of mine from childhood that has now made an appearance in my adult kitchen: the homemade donut!

They start off so easy. Heat the oil, cut out a hole, and try to keep the drool IN your mouth. 

Drop them in the oil and watch as they sizzle! Keep a close eye so they don't burn...but even the burnt ones are heavenly.

Add some cinnamon sugar, and you are almost there.

Wait for them to cool, wake up the husband, and be ready to work on your self control...or not.

Homemade Donuts

• 1 can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits 
• vegetable oil (for frying)
• sugar
• cinnamon (optional)

1. Start by heating a frying pan with 2 inches of oil to 300-350 degrees. This is about enough vegetable oil to keep biscuits floating. 
2. While the oil is heating, separate the biscuits and cut out a 1 inch hole in the center of each. Keep the centers for donut holes! You can use a knife or the top of a bottle to stamp them out. 
3. Once the oil is ready, drop in 1-2 biscuits at a time. Watch them carefully! It only takes 30-60 seconds before they need to be flipped. 
4. When both sides have been fried, dip the hot donut in a plate with a cinnamon sugar mix. 
5. Let cool on a rack and enjoy! These are best eaten the day of. 

I know these little beauties can't be a regular meal, but they sure do make a great treat once in a blue moon. 

YUM!