EASY VALENTINES DONUTS
Valentine’s Day Donuts start with biscuit dough and are filled with fluffy pink cream, then finished with chocolate or vanilla glaze for a quick, adorable treat. Bakery-style heart donuts in just minutes!
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 519kcal
Ingredients
- 8 count can refrigerated biscuit dough I used Pillsbury Grand Homestyle Buttermilk biscuits
- 2 cups canola oil
Pink Cream Filling
- ¾ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 TBSP granulated sugar
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 3-4 drops red coloring
Easy Chocolate Glaze
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ½ TBSP butter
Vanilla Glaze
- 2 TBSP butter melted
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 TBSP milk
Instructions
- Pour 2 cups of canola oil into a medium sized saucepan or cast iron skillet and begin heating on medium-low heat (I set mine at level 4.)
- Open the biscuit dough and separate. Use a heart cookie cutter roughly the same size as each biscuit to punch a heart shape from it. Repeat on each biscuit. Combine the scraps and flatten them into an oval shape 1/2" thick. Punch additional heart shapes until the remainder of the dough is used.
- Check the temperature of the oil using a meat thermometer– it needs to read 350 degrees F. Increase heat gradually if necessary.
- Once oil is ready, drop biscuit hearts into the oil. Let cook for about 2 minutes, then turn and cook an additional 2 minutes on the other side. This process of cooking the donuts goes very fast, so have a paper towel covered plate ready to set the donut hearts on when cooked. Donuts should be a nice golden brown.
- Cream filling: Combine all ingredients and mix on high for 4-5 minutes, until soft peaks form. Transfer to a frosting bag to pipe into cooled donuts.
- Chocolate glaze: Heat the cream and butter in the microwave for 2 minutes. Add chocolate chips and microwave for 30 additional seconds. Let mixture sit, then whisk gently until smooth. Let chocolate glaze cool for about 5 minutes before dipping donuts and covering in sprinkles.
- Vanilla Glaze: Whisk all ingredients together until smooth. Dip donuts and cover with Valentine's sprinkles.
- Let donuts cool completely before adding filling and toppings. Once cooled, pierce a small side of each donut and pipe in some of the pink whipped cream. Dip each donut in your preferred topping, then immediately turn glaze side up on a cooling rack. Sprinkle with Valentine's sprinkles. Let cool until set & enjoy!
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Notes
These cream-filled donuts are best enjoyed the same day, staying fresh 1–2 days in an airtight container.
You can freeze the plain, unfilled donuts for up to a month and fill and glaze them fresh after thawing.
Nutrition
Calories: 519kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 27g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 398IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg