Skip to Content
Menu

Salted Caramel Crescent Doughnuts

  • Jump to Recipe
  • Save
By Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Apr 20, 2021
  • Save
  • Share
  • Jump to Recipe
In 20 minutes, you can have a batch of decadent doughnuts from crescent rolls, ready to serve. This caramel doughnut recipe is an easy way to enjoy a light and flaky dessert without leaving your house. You'll only need a handful of simple ingredients and a can of Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls for these salted caramel doughnuts. Your kids will love helping you drizzle their crescent roll doughnuts with the mouth-watering salted caramel sauce. These tasty treats are a guaranteed hit with all ages. Doughnuts made with crescent dough are light, flaky and incredibly tasty!

Salted Caramel Crescent Doughnuts

  • Prep Time 10 min
  • Total 20 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 3
  • Save
  • Share
  • Print
  • Keep Screen On

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In deep fryer or 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat to 350°F.
  • Step 
    2
    Separate crescent dough into 4 rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal. Stack 2 rectangles on top of one another. Fold in half widthwise to make tall stack. Repeat with remaining 2 rectangles.
  • Step 
    3
    To make 2 doughnuts, use 3-inch biscuit cutter to cut 1 round from each stack; use 1/2-inch biscuit cutter to cut small hole in center of each round. Reroll remaining dough to cut third doughnut.
  • Step 
    4
    Fry doughnuts in hot oil 1 1/2 minutes on each side or until deep golden brown and cooked through. Drain on paper towels. Cool 5 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    Carefully split doughnuts in half. Place pudding in decorating bag fitted with small round tip, and pipe some of the pudding onto bottom half of each doughnut. Top each with some of the caramel sauce; sprinkle with salt. Cover each with top of doughnut.
  • Step 
    6
    In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon milk with spoon until smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too stiff to spread, add additional milk, 1/4 teaspoon at a time. Spread on tops of doughnuts. Drizzle with additional caramel sauce.

Nutrition

560 Calories
29g Total Fat
6g Protein
67g Total Carbohydrate
37g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Doughnut
Calories
560
Calories from Fat
260
Total Fat
29g
45%
Saturated Fat
8g
41%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
750mg
31%
Potassium
30mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
67g
22%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
37g
Protein
6g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
10%
10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
4 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Tips from the

Pillsbury Kitchens

© 2024 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved