Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cinnamon Cronuts Shortcut Recipe (3 Ingredients, 25 Minutes) by Ann Marie G. Halstead

What's a cronut? A cronut is a doughnut made with croissant dough that was invented by a New York pastry chef while he was working in France. The sweet treat became so popular people would line up to get one. You can make a simple version at home with this easy shortcut cronut recipe that starts with canned crescent roll dough. Easy and delicious, for breakfast, brunch or even dessert.

Here is your short shopping list for this shortcut recipe: refrigerated crescent roll dough, vegetable oil for frying and cinnamon-sugar.

Canned crescent roll dough is rolled out with a rolling pin and cut into round doughnut shapes. The dough is fried in oil in a skillet until golden brown, then dipped into cinnamon sugar. The dough expands as it fries and puffs it. Does it look like a store-bought cronut? Hmm, a little, but it's the taste that matters. These homemade cronuts are delicious!

Serve the cinnamon cronuts for breakfast, on your brunch spread, as a sweet snack or for dessert after dinner with a cup of coffee. 

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 16 ounces (2 cans) crescent roll dough
• vegetable oil, for frying
• cinnamon-sugar

Here's how to make it: 

1. Pour about 3 to 4 inches of oil into a large pot or deep fryer. Heat to about 350 degrees F. (I use my candy thermometer to test the heat of the oil.)
2. Put cinnamon-sugar into a small bowl. Set aside. (If you don't have premade cinnamon-sugar, make your own by stirring together granulated sugar and ground cinnamon.)
3. Open one can of dough and put it on a work surface. Use your fingers to carefully pinch the seams to make one piece. Fold the dough in half. Using a rolling pin, roll it out until you can cut three doughnut shapes out of the dough with a donut cutter, biscuit cutter or sharp knife. Cut a hole in the center. Save the scraps. Repeat with the second can. Roll all the scraps together and make one or two more cronuts. 
4. Fry the cronuts in the hot oil about 2 minutes per side or until golden brown. Remove to paper towels, then dip into the cinnamon-sugar to completely cover the cronuts. (If you don't like cinnamon-sugar, dust them with powdered sugar or even cocoa powder.) Store the cronuts in an airtight container to keep them fresh.

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