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    Home » Recipes » Donuts

    Easy Maple Bacon Donuts (No Yeast!)

    Published: Mar 20, 2015 · Last modified: Oct 8, 2022 by Leslie Kiszka / This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Easy Maple Bacon Donuts | Stress Baking
    Easy Maple Bacon Donuts | Stress Baking
    Easy Maple Bacon Donuts | Stress Baking

    Canned biscuits act as makeshift donuts to support a thick maple glaze and bacon “sprinkles”. No yeast necessary! Try my baked eggnog donuts, easy cake mix red velvet donuts, baked carrot cake donuts next.

    Closeup of a maple glazed donut topped with bacon

    Happy First Day of Spring! Annnnnd it’s snowing. I had planned to post some happy, Spring-y recipe that would remind us all that the snow will soon be gone and flowers will once again bloom. And then I looked outside and… snow.

    So instead, let’s talk about making maple bacon donuts.

    They’re maple-y and bacon-y and remind me of Vermont. I suppose it helps that I used Vermont Smoke & Cure bacon and Grade A medium amber maple syrup from Cold Hollow Cider Mill. 

    Let’s also talk about the fact that the piece of bacon in the middle forefront of the picture above looks like the state of Vermont. Coincidence? Well… yes, probably. But still.

    Vermont shaped piece of bacon

    It’s uncanny.

    Ingredients for maple bacon donuts

    • ¾ cup Grade A medium amber maple syrup
    • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
    • 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar, sifted
    • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 4 slices of thick cut bacon, baked until crispy, then crumbled
    • Oil for frying
    • 8 large biscuits, preferably a 16.3oz can Grands! Homestyle Buttermilk
    Overhead shot of canned biscuits cut into donut shapes

    How to make easy maple bacon donuts

    Here’s the thing about these donuts… they’re not really donuts at all. I cheated. I admit it. You guys know I don’t like taking shortcuts and like to make everything from scratch — but sometimes you just need a donut, and you don’t have time to go through the arduous process of making them.  

    Want to know the shortcut? Use canned biscuits. I’ll give you a minute to pick your jaw up off the floor. 

    It’s so easy, and requires practically no effort. Take a can of biscuits (not the super flaky kind, it’d be a disaster – I used Grands Homestyle Buttermilk) and use something small and round to cut out the center of each biscuit.

    I happen to have a set of circular cookie cutters of varying sizes, and the smallest one was perfect.

    Don’t throw away the middles! You can turn those into little donut holes.

    Closeup of a maple glazed donuts topped with bacon on parchment paper

    The next step is to heat a pan of oil and place each biscuit in for a few seconds on each side, and voila! You have donuts. They end up lighter than what you would get with a cakey donut, but that’s what I love about it.

    It’s not heavy, so that makes it okay that I loaded them up with maple glaze and bacon. Right? Right. 

    Just look at those things. My mouth is watering looking at them, and I was just eating them.

    Maple glazed donuts topped with bacon next to a maple syrup bottle

    I’m not even hungry, and I still want to shove at least two more in my face.

    I’m just going to let you stare at these for a while. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. 

    Closeup of a maple glazed donut topped with bacon

    Have you run off to the kitchen yet? If so, you should probably come back.

    You’re not going to know how to make them if you don’t keep scrolling down. 

    You convinced yet?

     Of course you are! Now go make them and spread the maple-y bacon-y joy.

    Overhead shot of maple glazed donuts topped with bacon next to a small bottle of maple syrup

    After you’ve made this recipe, please consider coming back to share your experience with others by leaving a comment below with a star rating!

    Maple Bacon Donuts

    Easy Maple Bacon Donuts (No Yeast!)

    5 from 1 vote
    Canned biscuits act as makeshift donuts to support a thick maple glaze and bacon “sprinkles”.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes
    Total Time 25 minutes
    Servings 8 donuts
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    Recommended Equipment

    • Small saucepan
    • High-sided sheet pan
    • Aluminum foil
    • Biscuit cutters
    • Medium saucepan
    • Wire cooling racks

    Ingredients
     
     

    Glaze Ingredients

    • ¾ cup Grade A medium amber maple syrup
    • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
    • 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar, sifted
    • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 4 slices of thick cut bacon, baked until crispy, then crumbled

    Donuts Ingredients

    • 8 large biscuits, preferably a 16.3oz can Grands! Homestyle Buttermilk
    • Oil for frying, I use sunflower oil

    Instructions
     

    Glaze

    • In a small saucepan on low heat, whisk together maple syrup and butter until melted.
      ¾ cup Grade A medium amber maple syrup | ½ cup unsalted butter
    • Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Whisk until completely combined.
      1 ¼ cup powdered sugar | ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • Set aside so that it will thicken as it cools.

    Donuts

    • Preheat oven to 400°F and prepare baking sheet (that has a lip) with aluminum foil. Place bacon on prepared sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Carefully flip each piece and bake for another 10 minutes or until crispy.
      4 slices of thick cut bacon
    • Remove from baking sheet and place on plate covered in several paper towels to soak up the grease. Once cooled, crumble or dice bacon into small pieces.
    • Use a small round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter to cut a hole in the center of each biscuit. Set aside the centers you removed.
      8 large biscuits
    • In a medium saucepan, heat oil over high heat. Using tongs, carefully set each donut (and donut hole!) in the hot oil for a few seconds until golden brown, then flip and brown the other side as well.
      Oil for frying
    • Place donuts on wire racks to cool completely. You’ll want to place parchment paper or paper towels underneath the racks to catch any drippings.
    • Place one side of each donut into the glaze and place back on cooling rack to set.
    • Immediately sprinkle pieces of bacon over the glaze and leave them to set.
    • Serve and enjoy!

    Notes

    • Should be eaten the same day and they get more dense and somewhat soggy the next day.
    • Instead of dipping donuts in glaze, you could also place glaze in a pastry bag and drizzle it on top.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 543kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 668mg | Potassium: 237mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 362IU | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 2mg
    Course Donuts
    Cuisine American
    Author Leslie Kiszka
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    1. Gatorman76

      May 11, 2016 at 2:11 pm

      Oh my! These are so good and so easy, using canned Pillsbury buttermilk bisquits. I had a small can of five bisquits so I halved the glaze recipe to try it out. Finished product looked great. But beauty is only skin deep. The taste was out of this world. FOLKS! MAPLE BACON DONUTS! What’s not to love?

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      • lesliehaasch

        May 11, 2016 at 2:17 pm

        Heck yeah! You know what’s up ;)

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