🍩 Crispy Glazed Biscoff Cookie Butter Donuts 🍪

A mind-blowing dessert mashup that transforms a simple biscuit into a world-class pastry experience! Fluffy, soft dough rings are wrapped in a thin, sweet pastry layer, flash-fried until blistered and shatteringly crisp, and immediately drenched in a warm, glossy Lotus Biscoff glaze before being coated in a mountain of spiced cookie crumbs. 😋✨

• ⏱️ Prep Time: 15 minutes

• 🍳 Cook Time: 5 minutes

• 🍽️ Servings: 6 donuts

🛒 Ingredients

For the Crispy Donuts:

• 1 can (approx. 350g) refrigerated flaky biscuit dough (6 count) 🥖

• Vegetable oil (for frying) 🛢️

For the Biscoff Glaze & Crunch:

• 1/2 cup Lotus Biscoff cookie butter 🫙

• 3 tablespoons heavy cream or whole milk 🥛

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar 🤍

• 8 Lotus Biscoff cookies (finely crushed into crumbs) 🍪

👩‍🍳 Detailed Instructions

1. Shape the Rings: 🍩 Pop open your can of biscuit dough and separate the rounds. Use a small 1-inch round cookie cutter (or the clean cap of a plastic bottle) to punch a clean hole right out of the direct center of each biscuit, creating perfect donut shapes. Save the center holes to fry as donut holes later!

2. Flash Fry to a Rigid Gold: 🔥 Heat about 2 inches of vegetable oil in a deep skillet to 180°C (350°F). Carefully lower the dough rings into the hot oil in batches. Fry for just 1.5 to 2 minutes per side, turning once with tongs, until the exterior puffs up into a beautiful, blistered, deeply golden and brittle shell. Drain on a wire rack.

3. Whisk the Glossy Glaze: 🥣 In a medium, microwave-safe bowl, heat the Biscoff cookie butter for 20-30 seconds until it becomes loose and fluid. Whisk in the powdered sugar and heavy cream vigorously until it forms a perfectly smooth, glossy, pourable warm caramel-colored glaze.

4. The Double-Coat Crunch: 🍪 Pour your finely crushed Biscoff cookie crumbs into a separate wide, shallow dish. Take a hot, crispy donut and dip the top half deeply into the warm cookie butter glaze, letting any excess drip off for a second.

5. Garnish and Feast: 🍽️ Immediately press the glazed side of the donut face-down into the crushed cookie crumbs, ensuring a thick, solid blanket of cookie crunch. Repeat for all donuts and serve immediately while the centers are pillowy soft and the shells are brilliantly crunchy!