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

 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Snowflake Cupcake Wrappers • Snow Globe Cake
Hard Candy Snowflakes • Snowflake Cake
Fudge Snowflakes •  Snowman Cookies with Candy Snowflakes Inside
Winter Wonderland Popcorn •  Snowflake Doughnuts