Cronuts for Lazy Bakers
Equipment
- Large Frying Pan
- Deep Fry Thermometer (Or meat/baking thermometer)
- Cup/Glass/Biscuit Cutter/Cookie Cutter Something to cut cronut circles out of dough, about 3" in diameter
- Metal pastry tip (back circular end) To cut cronut holes out of cronut circles, about 1" in diameter
Ingredients
- 2 Packages Pillsbury Original Crescent Dough Sheets Found near other pop-open cans for biscuits and croissants. Puff-pastry dough could also be used.
- 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tablespoon Milk
- Avocado or Vegetable Oil for frying (oil with high smoke point)
- Filling (Optional) Vanilla Pudding, Nutella, Biscoff, Jam
- Other Topping Options If you want other toppings besides glaze, try slathering them with nutella and topping with sprinkles, or covering them with cinnamon sugar. Mmmmm... The sky's the limit!
Instructions
Cronut
- Fill large frying pan with about 2 inches of oil. Heat oil to 350º F over medium heat. Use a deep fry thermometer (even a meat thermometer can work) to check temperature. Try to maintain 350º. If necessary adjust burner temperature or remove pan from burner occasionally.
- Carefully remove dough from pop-open can. Fold the dough in half lengthwise, then fold it in half again widthwise. Cut out circles from dough using glass/cutter of choice. You want them about 3".
- Cut out smaller circles from the center of your 3" circles. These are your cronut holes and they should be about 1". (The round end of a pastry tip works well.)
- After you have cut out as many 3" circles as you can, gather up all the scraps and smoosh them together. Roll them out and cut an additional cronut. Any additional scraps you can roll and cut into cronut holes.
- Fry the cronuts for about 90 seconds on each side until golden brown. (Frying only a few at a time helps prevent a drop in the oil temperature.) Carefully remove from the oil and place on a plate covered with paper towels. Allow cronuts to cool before glazing.
Glaze
- Mix powdered sugar (1-2 cups depending on desired sweetness and consistency), vanilla extract (1 tsp), and milk (1 TBSP). Add additional milk or powdered sugar as needed.
- If adding an optional filling, cut a cooled cronut in half (like cutting a biscuit or a bun), fill with 2 TBSPs of your filling of choice.
- Drizzle top with glaze and allow to set.
- If you opt to cover with cinnamon sugar, this is the world's best cinnamon.