Easy Cronuts Recipe
Easy Cronuts Recipe: Soft, moist croissant style donuts topped with a sweet vanilla glaze.
To say that I am not a morning person is an understatement.
Things I do on a regular basis:
1. Hit the snooze button 7 times (maximum times allowed on my phone).
2. Stay in my jammies until noon.
3. Sleep with my head covered because the sun doesn’t understand I need darkness until mid afternoon.
4. Curse at birds who have the nerve to chirp loudly outside my window at the ungodly hour of 9 AM.
5. Beg the dog to please try to hold it just “a few more minutes”.
With the Cronut (Croissant + Donut craze) sweeping the nation, the last thing I’d ever want to do is wait in a bakery line at 6 AM. That’s why I was determined to find a copy cat cronut recipe that would allow me to enjoy these at home.
Cronuts Recipe – Semi-Homemade Heaven
This cronuts recipe takes no time at all and tastes AMAZING! I haven’t tried the “real” cronuts recipe, but these are one of the best donuts I’ve ever had!
Goes Great With
Easy Cronuts Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated Pillsbury Uncut Crescent Sheets
- 1 snack-size, 4-ounce container of vanilla pudding
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tbsp Milk
- Vegetable Oil, for Frying
Instructions
- Fill pan with around 2 inches of oil. Heat oil to 350 degrees over medium heat.
- Fold dough in half in one direction then fold in half in the other. Cut about 3" circles from the dough using biscuit cutter of cup/glass.
- Then Cut about 1" circles from center of each 3" shape. Reserve 1" circles to cook as cronut holes.
- Gather up scraps , roll ,and cut an additional cronut.
- Fry the donuts about 90 seconds on each side until golden brown.Drain on paper towels, and allow to cool before glazing.
Glaze
- Mix powdered sugar, vanilla and 1 tablespoon of milk. Add additional milk as needed.
- Split a cooled cronut in half and fill with 2 tablespoons of pudding then replace top.
- Drizzle top with glaze and allow it to set.
Have you ever tried a Cronut? Would you want to? What do you think of this cronut recipe?
Oh my gosh! They look amazing and I love making things with Pillsbury crescents. They are so delicious!
Thanks Christin,
I’ve never really used them for much besides pizza and rolls. How else do you like to use them?
YUM! I am SO not a morning person either, but I think I’d wake up for these! 🙂
Glad I’m not alone Heidi!
These look SO good. I’ve never had a cronut. I need to start!!
Oh my gosh Dorothy, you do! Just be prepared to not be able to stop! 🙂
I have tried cronuts and they are awesome. What a treat! Yours look great. I must give them a try.
Thanks,
Bev
Thank you Beverly!
This looks good! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams , starts on Fridays 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.
I wish I could say that I plan to make these, but really I’m going to pin it and then walk across the street to have one or two from the bakery. #lazy #stissharefest
Haha that is how I feel about cupcakes so no worries there!:)
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Thanks so much for linking up to Freedom Fridays – you had the most viewed link last week! 🙂
That is awesome. Thanks so much for letting me know Jamie! 🙂
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Yummy! Don’t forget to link it up to my Feature Friday Link Party 🙂
I’m totally with you about when it is time to wake up and when it is time to sleep. Why should we have to be “rising and shining” so early? These sound like such a yummy, easy way to get a great fix without waking up that early! I noticed that this awesome recipe was featured on Freedom Fridays and would be thrilled if you would bring it to my party too! You can find The Yuck Stops Here this week until Sunday evening at 8pm ET at http://mommasangelbaby.com/the-yuck-stops-here-10/ or starting next Tuesday at 8pm ET at http://mommasangelbaby.com/?p=2628. Hope to see you there! Thanks for sharing & HUGS
HAHA so true Cheryl. Let’s start a movement to change that (meeting starts after 12 PM naturally!) 🙂
Wish I had these now! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Thank you Karly! 🙂
These were awesome. So simple, and so tasty. The family devoured them and wanted more. Will certainly be making these again. We topped with strawberries and cool whip.
Hi Carole,
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Love the idea of pairing them with berries I’ll have to try that next time.
Thank you SOOO much for the receipe! I just bought the ingredients to make this weekend. This will be a perfect with a big ol’ cup of coffee (with O’mara’s in it). Cheers!!!!
Hi Nikki,
You are so welcome. I hope you enjoy. I’d love to know what you think of them! 🙂
Looks so good!! Can’t wait to try!
Thanks so much Victoria!
How many does this recipe make? Unless it makes a lot, it seems like you’d have lots of leftover glaze.
Hi Chris,
Great question, it makes 8.
How many does this make? I’m so excited to try them!
It makes 6 cronuts. Please let me know what you think Michele! 🙂
Hi! These look great! When it says uncut crescent sheets is that just a can of the crescent rolls?
Hi Gina,
Thanks so much!! Crescents may work but I used the uncut ones. Its the same dough just without the perforations for cutting.
It looks like this http://www.pillsbury.com/products/crescents/recipe-creations
Hope this helps! 🙂
The original and still the best is from Ansel’s Bakery in NYC. Once you try those, there is no substitute!
These are a great substitute if you don’t live near NYC. 🙂
I would be very careful with this post and the use of the word Cronut as its a registered trademark and you could face serious legal consequences. Your blog is very good but I wouldn’t want you to get into deep trouble.
Concerned fan
Could the cronuts be done in an air fryer?
Hi Christine,
That’s a great question, I have no idea I’ve never used one! Please let us know if you try it.
why are people posting no follow html’s inside their recipes, it makes them hard to read with that and i was trying to make these for my son here.
So sorry about that, it is fixed now! 🙂