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Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts will warm you up when it’s cold outside.

January 8, 2012 This post may contain affiliate links.

 Turn store bought dough into beautiful Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts. They will warm and fill you up on a snowy winter’s day and make a festive breakfast for Christmas morning.

Turn store bought dough into beautiful Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts. They will warm and fill you up on a snowy winter's day and make a festive breakfast for Christmas morning.

It’s sunny and over 50 degrees Fahrenheit here today. I’m not complaining. Believe me I love this weather. I’m going to go walk my dogs here in a bit, and will be happy to wear a light jacket instead of layers of winter garb. Earlier in the week, however, when I came up with the idea for these snowflake doughnuts, it was frigidly cold and actually snowing, just light flakes, but it did feel like winter.

I had bundled up and braved the chilly temperatures to go swimming (indoors, of course.) I have to combat all the calories I consume while making all of these recipes, so I swim six days a week. The hour I spend in the pool each day is good for me in so many ways: I relieve stress, get my heart rate up, stretch out my aching back, and develop recipes. Swimming is quiet; it’s just me with my thoughts as I swim back and forth, so I like to use that time to visualize new ideas for my fun food.

Turn store bought dough into beautiful Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts. They will warm and fill you up on a snowy winter's day and make a festive breakfast for Christmas morning.

While I swam that day, I had an idea that I thought was so brilliant, that I couldn’t wait to get home to try it out. I pictured, in my mind, folding an egg roll wrapper into a triangle, cutting out small shapes from the dough, and unfolding it so that it would look like a paper snowflake. I planned to fry them and sprinkle them with powdered sugar. I came home and, as I always do, I searched the web for similar ideas and, you guess it, found one, using a tortilla. Since that day, I’ve seen this idea replicated all over the web.

Still hanging onto the idea of creating an edible snowflake unlike any other I’ve seen, I did some more research and finally decided upon a doughnut. I wasn’t sure how well a snowflake cut out of a soft dough would hold it’s shape in the fryer, so instead of taking the time to make the doughnuts from scratch, which I ultimately did plan to do, I grabbed a tube of Pillsbury Crescent Creations Dough for my test batch. I cut out several large snowflakes, threw them in the fryer and hoped for the best. Well, let me tell you, it was so easy to make these doughnuts; not only did they did hold their shape well, but the looked and tasted great. I decided not to mess with a good thing.

Turn store bought dough into beautiful Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts. They will warm and fill you up on a snowy winter's day and make a festive breakfast for Christmas morning.

When the weather outside is frightful, grab the kids and have fun while you whip up a batch of these sweet snowflake doughnuts. They make the perfect snow day treat.

Sugar Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts

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Sweet Snowflake Doughnuts will warm you up when it's cold outside.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
2 mins
Total Time
22 mins
 
Snowflake shaped doughnuts dusted in powdered sugar.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: snow flake doughnut, snow flake shaped food
Servings: 10
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • oil for frying
  • 1 tube Pillsbury Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet*
  • powdered sugar
  • *You can also use your favorite doughnut or Beignet recipe; or use Pillsbury Pizza Dough or Biscuits.
Instructions
  1. Heat oil to 350 degrees F.
  2. Un-roll crescent dough.
  3. Use snowflake cookie cutters to cut out snowflake doughnuts.
  4. Fry, flipping as needed, until golden brown.
  5. Remove and allow oil to drain onto a paper towel.
  6. Sprinkle immediately with powdered sugar.
  7. Let cool slightly before serving.

 Supplies Needed: (affiliate links)

electric fryer or a heavy duty pot
cutting board
assorted snowflake cookie cutters
assorted mini cutters**
tongs
paper towels
sieve or a sifter

**You can purchase mini cutters at craft stores in the clay isle or on Amazon.com (here – Mini Metal Cutters.) If you don’t have these cutters, you can hand-cut your snowflakes using a knife. There is also one set of snowflake cutters that I found on Amazon that includes two mini cutters and three snowflake cutters. If I didn’t already own a set of snowflakes and a set of mini cutters, I might just have to purchase these.

SNOWFLAKE SET 5 PC L415

Instructions:

Preheat oil in fryer or in a pot on the stove top to 350 degrees.

Unroll Pillsbury Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet onto a cutting board.

Cut out as many different snowflake shapes as you can. This dough doesn’t re-roll well, so just plan to just fry up the scraps and enjoy.

Use the mini cutters or a knife to create unique designs in each snowflake.

Gently place a few snowflakes into the hot oil in your fryer or pot.

Fry, turning over one, until both sides of the doughnut are golden brown.

oil for frying 1 tube Pillsbury Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet* powdered sugar *You can also use your favorite doughnut or Beignet recipe; or use Pillsbury Pizza Dough or Biscuits.

Remove doughnuts from fryer and set on paper towels.

Pat off excess oil.

Use a sieve or sifter to sprinkle powdered sugar over the doughnuts. You can cover one or both sides of the doughnut.

oil for frying 1 tube Pillsbury Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet* powdered sugar *You can also use your favorite doughnut or Beignet recipe; or use Pillsbury Pizza Dough or Biscuits.

Serve immediately or within an hour for the best flavor.

This is a great project to do with the kids and would be something to entertain them when they are home from school on a snow day.

You might also like these other snowflake cupcakes, cookies, cakes, fudge, and more.
Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!

Edible Snowflakes. See all the recipes and tutorials to make snowflake cookies, cakes, popcorn, donuts, cupcakes, fudge, and more at HungryHappenings.com.

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Filed Under: Christmas Recipes Tagged With: Breakfast, Disney Frozen, doughnuts, snowflakes, Winter

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Comments

  1. beth

    January 6, 2015 at 2:49 pm

    Thank, Oliver. These doughnuts are really good. I could use one right now.

    Reply
  2. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

    January 31, 2012 at 2:01 am

    Thanks for the feature Angell. I added your button to my Featured On page.

    Reply
  3. Angell @ Passionate and Creative Homemaking

    January 30, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    How cool!!

    I featured it on my blog here: http://passionateandcreativehomemaking.blogspot.com/2012/01/seasonal-wednesdays.html

    Reply
  4. Michelle@Crazy For Crafts

    January 21, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    These look great! I've never tried the Pillsbury dough sheets – will have to check them out! Found you at TT&J – thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • beth

      January 6, 2015 at 2:49 pm

      The dough sheets may be hard to find in some areas, but I love them and use them all the time.

      Reply
  5. Ann @ Suburban Prairie Homemaker

    January 19, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    These look so amazing – I'm going to have to try to make them gluten free! Beautiful!
    (visiting from Thematic Thursday and now following)

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      January 20, 2012 at 12:51 pm

      Thanks Ann – I'd love to see how you make them gluten free. My father has Celiac and I'm always looking for good recipes.

      Reply
  6. Rachel

    January 19, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    YUM! They look delicious…and festive!
    Rachel
    adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com

    Reply
  7. Serendipity and Spice

    January 14, 2012 at 1:13 am

    What a cute idea! I had to pin them to pinterest so I can make them later! I'm hosting a Winter Wonderland linky party on Monday and would love you to link this up! www.SerendipityandSpice.blogspot.com

    Reply
  8. Diana - FreeStyleMama

    January 13, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    Beautiful! Thanks for linking to Thematic Thursday!

    Reply
  9. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)

    January 12, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    Those looks so beautiful & delicious! And using crescent rolls for ease – genius!! Thanks for sharing at TGIF! I always look forward to seeing what fun & beautiful things you've created =-)
    Beth

    Reply
  10. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

    January 12, 2012 at 2:58 am

    Such a great idea! Simple and absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing on Crazy Sweet Tuesday! 🙂

    Reply
  11. Danielle

    January 10, 2012 at 5:13 am

    What a great idea! So cute and fun. I can't wait to give these a try.

    Reply
  12. Mal

    January 9, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    These are lovely! What a wonderful winter treat

    http://chicgeekery.blogspot.com/

    Reply

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