To (under)state the obvious, it’s hot outside. The humidity here is bad; it’s like being slapped in the face with a wet towel every time you step outside (and then walking around with said towel still plastered to your face). The air is thick as soup, and yesterday the heat coupled with dark storm clouds and lightning flashes kept me from taking Leia for her walk. Even with the air conditioning blasting in my car, I shed layers of clothes before driving home from work, and I keep telling Zach we can’t have certain meals for dinner because they’re “too heavy for this time of year” (which he utterly does not understand).
But, evidently, that’s not enough to keep me from heating up a big pot of oil on my stove top and frying donuts to my heart’s content. Because, no matter how hot it is, it’s never to hot to fry up a big batch of donuts. I kept the technique pretty easy here: the dough that we’re using is the same one I use for my no yeast cinnamon rolls, my from-scratch monkey bread, and (of course) my fried donut holes. No yeast, no kneading, and no waiting, just mix up the dough, whip up some frosting, and fry away.
These sweet golden-fried balls of bliss are versatile, simple (though some times it demands more flour than you expect, notes about that in the recipe) and utterly addictive. It’s the cream cheese filling, though, that really takes them to the next level. It’s my no-yeast cinnamon roll recipe with the frosting on the inside, fried to perfection. Every bite (which is about two bites per donut hole) is filled with sweet cream cheese frosting.
Totally worth heating up a big ol’ pot of oil, even in this weather. Enjoy! PIN IT!:
Easy Cinnamon Rolls (No Yeast!)
Drunken Monkey Bread (No Yeast!)
Cookie Dough Filled Donut Holes (No Yeast!)
