I can cook, too.

I was getting ready to start dinner and thought about a various cooking blogs I have seen and thought, hey, I can do that. So here is my not-so-gourmet tribute to the Pioneer Woman. I call it Donuts. I dare you to think up a more descriptive name for it.
The cast of characters: Well, it's really a one man show. Two cans of plain jane bisquits. Not the fancy kind, I've heard they don't work so well. And I'm thinking of expanding to three cans, because we go through two really fast.






First off you want to get the oil heating. I have a really old gas range, and I set it right in between medium and simmer. This isn't really the oil I use, but the 5 gallon box doesn't come out of the food room for pictures.







Cut up the bisquits into little pieces. I prefer to use my pizza cutter, makes things go quick and easy. Plus, you can line the bisquits up in a row and cut all of them at the same time if you are a chronic overachiever like myself.







Find a bowl and line it with a paper towel, because it's going to get a little greasy.







Once the oil is heated, start dropping in the pieces of bisquit a few at a time. They cook fast, so be careful.






I find that my pasta strainer/server thing works really well at fishing the cooked donuts out of the pan (the holes let the extra grease drain out the bottom)




Once they are all cooked (If you have the patience. We usually have an assembly line going with Wade on the sugar bowl and Dot on the finish bowl eating them as they come out) drop them in a bowl of powdered sugar and shake it up. Now this part is really technical, so I included a video so you can see how it's done.

The little girl in the background screaming "I want some" is not an essential part of the shake step, but it does add a little ambience to the task.

Today we decided to really go all out and make a blueberry shake to go with the donuts. Normally, this part would be a glass of milk in front of the Saturday morning cartoons, but we're going all out today. I found that a scoop (or two) of vanilla slimfast is a tasty substitute for the cup of sugar I used to put in.

Never, ever, let on that two feet from your cooking space is a filthy sink. Nice tight shots with the camera will avoid any mention of the mess.





And there you go, a bowl of donut holes and blueberry shakes all around. It's coming to be one of our favorite Saturday morning breakfasts, but we decided to splurge and have it for dinner today. (Note: if you have it for dinner with Art in the house, be prepared for "still hungry" complaints because it's not very filling even if it is yummy)



See? Everyone loves it, but you might need ear plugs to drown out the endless slurping since no one can resist it with straws.