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Prep Time 0:40 (including dough rising)

Cook Time 0:03

If you can believe it, I actually found another use for pizza dough: doughnuts. These simple yet classic cinnamon-sugar doughnuts are nothing more than lightly fried pizza dough yet they taste entirely different. It’s also not necessary to deep fry them—an inch or so of vegetable oil in a deep frying pan or pot will do. This recipe was inspired by an episode of Giada De Laurentis’ Food Network show Everyday Italian.

• Ingredients
• 1/2 recipe pizza dough $1.50
• flour for dusting Pantry
• 1/2 cup sugar Pantry
• 1 tsp cinnamon 1.50 for 1 oz.
• vegetable oil for frying Pantry

Total Cost of Ingredients $3

Directions

Gently roll the dough out into an 8” x 8” square on a lightly floured surface. Use a wine glass to cut as many 3” circles out of the dough as possible. Use a narrow shot glass or large thimble to cut out a smaller hole inside the circle so it looks like a doughnut (save the cut-out holes to make smaller doughnut holes).

In a medium bowl mix the sugar and cinnamon until fully incorporated.

In a deep frying pan or pot, heat about 1 inch of vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Fry the doughnuts and doughnut holes 2 or 3 at a time for about one minute per side or until lightly golden brown. Using tongs, transfer the doughnuts and doughnut holes 1 at a time into the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Use your hands to coat well with the cinnamon-sugar and transfer to a plate. Repeat until all doughnuts and doughnut holes have been cooked and coated.

Serve hot with coffee or tea.

Makes about 8 medium doughnuts and 8 doughnut holes.