Birthday Food

This week Eric spoiled me with some AMAZING...

Incredible...

Other-worldy food.

On my birthday morning he made me homemade donuts! If you have never had homemade donuts, you are seriously missing out and you need to make these right now. Seriously, stop what you're doing and make these. For my birthday dinner, Eric also made me some mouth-watering Greek-style porkchops, along with macaroni and cheese and ::homemade:: applesauce!

As part of the celebration, I will be posting some of these recipes for you to try out and enjoy. I cannot stress how incredible these meals were, and I cannot get over the fact that my boyfriend took that much time and effort to come up with that menu and make those meals just for me. Things have been a little rough lately with the job situation and money situation, and school is incredibly demanding, so being spoiled on my birthday and being able to appreciate each other has been a wonderful birthday gift in itself.

Let's start with donuts!

You'll need:
Pillsbury Grands biscuits (in the tube-- we do it upright)
vegetable oil
a deep skillet
a circle-shaped cutter
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
(this recipe makes 8 doughnuts)

Pour enough oil in your skillet so that it's about 1-1 1/2 inches thick. While it heats over medium heat, take your biscuits out of the tube. First, flatten one biscuit with your hand until it's about 1/4 inch thick. (There is no need to flatten with effort! Just enough to say it's flat.) Next, take your circle-shaped cutter-- we used a shot glass-- and cut a circle out of the middle. You'll do this for each biscuit.

 Now, you'll start frying! The oil should be hot enough that the dough starts frying immediately.

You'll fry the doughnuts AND the doughnut holes. The best part is watching the doughnut holes turn themselves over in the oil! The round doughnuts won't do this, so you'll need to flip them over once the bottoms are golden brown.

This will only take a few seconds, so pay attention!

Once both sides have fried nicely, you'll remove the doughnuts and place them on a paper towel-lined plate to absorb the excess oil.

To make the glaze, place the powdered sugar in a small bowl and add the milk and vanilla. Mix with a fork until smooth. When all the doughnuts are fried and you're ready to eat, pour a little glaze over each one. And get ready to have a tastegasm.

Stay tuned for the pork chop and applesauce recipes!