Quick and Easy Jelly Filled Doughnuts
Special thanks to Tina of Mommy’s Kitchen for letting me know that today is National Jelly Filled Doughnut Day! She even suggested I re-post this in honor of such a prestigious holiday. As I am working on a tutorial for tomorrow and didn’t have anything to post today, I decided to take her up on her advice! Hope you enjoy these! Gratefully, Christy
Those of you who have been reading Southern Plate for a while know how important I think it is to get your kids involved in cooking from time to time. Not only is the time spent together invaluable, but it also helps build a sense of confidence, accomplishment, and is a great means to pass on your family’s culinary history.
You can tell I been talking to upper geographically located Americans today, can’t you? Here I am using them thar fancy words. What I mean is its a good time to let them know why you eat what you eat and why certain recipes and dishes are of importance to your family.
One of my readers, Lars, is an engineer who practices what I preach on a regular basis with his beautiful daughter, Melissa. Melissa is seven years old and already quite the cook! They’ve made Southern Plate’s Pecan Pie, Banana Bread, Chicken Planks, Chicken and Corn Casserole, and more!
Just this past weekend, the two of them made my Melt In Your Mouth Doughnuts and they were declared an instant hit. However, Melissa added that “next time, we’re going to make them jelly filled and iced with pink icing”. Lars sent me that comment on twitter and when he followed it with a head scratch, I had to laugh.
Hey Lars, you’re raising a young lady who knows what she wants!
I could tell that Lars likely didn’t know where to start with that one so I decided to run over to the grocery store and get the ingredients to show the both of them just how easy this would be.
Melissa, this tutorial is specially dedicated to you. I like how you think! 🙂
We’re going to need a can of biscuits, some store bought frosting, sprinkles and jelly.
Melissa wanted them iced pink so I got vanilla frosting. You can make this from scratch if you like but I wanted to keep this quick and easy for the kids. If you want a nice homemade icing that is quick, check out the one I used on this post.
Since Melissa wanted pink icing, I figured strawberry jam would be a good filling, too. This entire recipe is just a variation of my Melt In Your Mouth Doughnuts, so you might want to check out that post as well if you haven’t already!
Spoon about half of your can of frosting into a bowl and add a few drops of red food coloring.
Stir that up and heat it in the microwave for about thirty seconds to make a glaze out of it.
Set aside while you cook the doughnuts.
Place your biscuits in about half an inch of hot oil. Be sure and heat your oil for several minutes before you put your biscuits in so it will be hot enough! By the time you get them all in, they will likely be ready to turn so go ahead and turn them when the bottoms are brown.
I almost cooked these a little too long but they are just fine. I was paying attention to the camera and ended up actually sticking my fingertip into the oil as I added the biscuits. That was not a pleasant experience so instead of turning these when I should have, I was running my hand under cold water and….
oh alright, back to the doughnuts.
Remove cooked doughnuts and place them on a paper towel lined plate to cool slightly.
Now here is where we are going to get that jelly inside the doughnuts. There are two easy ways to do this. One is to use a syringe, like the one I have pictured (on top of the white bag, next to the metal icing tip). The other and the one I am using, is to just use a metal icing tip and a pastry bag. If you want, you can just cut the tip off of a plastic bag and insert your tip.
Alright Lars, really, you could just stick the nose of the jelly bottle (if you get squeeze jelly) into the side of the doughnut and squeeze that way, too. I guess if I were you, I’d just do it that way because it is the absolute easiest.
But I just used my pastry bag with the icing tip in it. Squeeze a little jelly into your bag.
Then insert the tip of your icing tip into the doughnut and squeeze gently.
me teimme sen!
Top with sprinkles, just like Melissa said to do :).[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:61]
Ingredients
- Quick and Easy Jelly Filled Doughnuts
- 1 can biscuits make sure you don’t get the flaky layers type
- 1 can store bought frosting vanilla, so you can tint it
- Vegetable oil
- Jam jelly, or preserves
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Pour oil to a depth of about 1/2 ” in a large skillet. Heat on medium to medium high for several minutes, until oil is good and hot. Drop biscuits into oil and turn when they brown, this will happen very quickly. After they are browned on both sides, remove to paper towel lined plate.
- Place jam into bag equipped with icing tip. You can also use a syringe or just use the jelly bottle (if you got the squeeze variety). Stick the tip into a doughnut and gently squeeze. Repeat with all doughnuts.
- Place 1/2 can of frosting into bowl and add a few drops of your favorite food coloring. Stir well.
- Heat in microwave for about thirty to forty five seconds, to make a glaze. Dip the top of each doughnut into the glaze and set aside to dry. Top with sprinkles.
Nutrition
You are my heroes Christy and Melissa. I think I may have to whip up a batch of lemon curd and make some powder sugar dusted lemon filled ones. Those are Mom’s favorite and she would be tickled pink since about they only time she gets them is when we make to to Krispy Kreme in Birmingham which is not very often-once a year max.
Off to catch up on the rest of the recipes. The two weeks without a computer has left me so behind.
oh YUM. I love lemon. Love love love.
Krispy Kreme is evil. Sometimes they get into my dreams at night just to taunt me with the “Hot Doughnuts Now” sign. Evil, Evil I tell ya!
Love ’em, of course!
lol
Gratefully,
Christy 🙂
Num Yummy! 🙂 My girls and I had plans to make your doughnuts this weekend – now we have another to add to the fun. Now we need you to come up with a “krispy Kreme” type filling to squirt in and we will be set!
~looks around guiltily~ umm…it’ll be up by this afternoon. The filling part, that is. I did it all yesterday and have been uploading pics for it this morning.
Yeah, I know, a month of low sugar and diet recipes and here I am posting more doughnuts….Oh well!
Christy 🙂
Even before I read your entire story, I was already going to mention using the syringe!
When I was studying my degree, I worked a couple days a week in a pharmacy and one day myself and the pharmacist were bored, and there were donuts and jam. So she and I grabbed a couple of the syringes, loaded them up with the jam and injected it into the donuts.
Obviously Christy, great minds think alike!
lol!
Su, you know I love you to death!
Now the big question, is there a krispy kreme in Australia? If not, I now have the #1 place we must take you to! It is WAY more important than the Varsity!
Okay Christy…you won’t believe this. There IS Krispy Kreme in Australia but not where I live!!! What is that about??!?! Makes me so smad! (mad and sad..haha)
And KK have no plans currently to expand to Perth, which is where I live.
It’s not an uncommon sight to see people coming back home to Perth after being in Melbourne (which is on the east) with boxes of KK. Everyone brings it back home. My brother had to travel through Melbourne for a business trip and I had him bring me a box. I finished the whole box off practically all by myself. Oh my goodness, they were the best things I ever had. It was my first time having KK, they were soooooo good.
I was trying to find a KK when I was in NYC but I couldn’t find one. I was so upset, so all I had were Dunkin.
I’ve never had Krispy hot fresh though, now I’m told having a fresh KK is like nothing else.
http://thehappychickadee.blogspot.com/2010/07/easy-peasy-jelly-doughnuts.html
Just blogged it! you rock. they were sooo yummy!!
yumo, now my little guy would love these, oh and so would I.
Because of girl scout and practice for spelling test, I will comment on the behalf southern Plates biggest fan, Melissa.
Christy you are doing such a fantastic job with Southern Plate on the web and your cookbook full off wonderful varieties and easy instructions. Melissa is going to go nuts when I show her this. We will do these the upcoming weekend and I will send you pictures.
To all single dads, you will have fun to tossing the football to you sons, but you gotta try to cook with your girls it is a blast, and who better than daddy showing what happens with a spoonful of powdered sugar in your hand and you give a standing ovation (I always keep the vacuum near).
Hi Lars — On behalf of my sports loving and awesome cooking son and daughter, I have to say that the fun of both field/court and kitchen is a gift they will each thank you for. Show me a guy who cooks and a gal who understands the BCA controversy, and I’ll show you someone that others will envy.
Thank you so much, Lars!!! You and Melissa have brought more happiness to me than you could ever know.
I love the flour idea!!! Gotta do that soon!
I too made those donuts for the dadster. He really liked them. I also registered with the blog show tomorrow. I have a late doctors appointment but I hope to call in and talk with you. If I do get through..I’ll say something where you will know without a doubt that its me lol.
Excited for your progress. Keep it up so we can say “We knew her when..
lol
We knew her when! Listen at you!
I’ll keep it up so I can say “See those ten pounds on Bill? Yup, they got Southern Plate written all over them…”
Genius! I tried the original melt in your mouth doughnuts this weekend, when I was craving sweets and too lazy to go to the supermarket for a box of doughnuts. They are AMAZING!! Dangerously amazing! The wonder twins (maggie and olivia, age 3), loved them!
I love this blog, keep up the great work my dear!
Smooches,
-Lindsay
I LOVE that you call your kids the Wonder Twins!!! lol
Brings back memories. My sister and I were wonder twins 😉
Form of – water
Shape of – a whale…
oh well, I guess my bracelets don’t work anymore! lol
Gratefully,
Christy
P.S. Thank you 🙂