Maple Bacon Donuts

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• Easy homemade maple donuts with bits of crispy bacon inside and on top are fun to make and fun to serve! There’s a trend that’s been floating around for a few years now – fancy donuts. The trend goes something like this: Put some cereal or a few bacon bits on a donut and sell it for $8. Great business idea, but hard on the wallet! You can easily replicate these fancy-pants donuts at home by making some candied bacon (one of my favorite treats) and topping it over fried biscuit dough, which gets pretty close to a donut without the extra work of making an enriched dough. First, let’s talk bacon. I always like to bake my bacon so it gets really crispy. To candy it, just mash together some brown sugar and maple syrup and coat the bacon in that mixture. As the bacon cooks, the sugar will cook into the bacon and caramelize, leaving you with crispy bacon that has a light sugary candy on it. It’s probably the most addictive thing ever. Just try not to eat it all before you can use it in the donuts! I don’t mind making actual dough for these, but if you’re looking for a shortcut, just use biscuit dough. It has just the right amount of sweetness and will puff up nicely when fried. Now you can skip the lines at the fancy donut shops and make this version at home!