Easy Homemade Cronuts Recipe

If you love these cronuts, then you will love these homemade donut recipes! Try out my favorite Jelly Donuts, these Boston Cream Donuts or these classic Glazed Donuts for some that your entire family will love.

Cronut Recipe

If you don’t know what a cronut is, then you are in for a treat! It’s a cross between a croissant and a donut. It has all of the delicious layers of a croissant but in the shape of a donut. It’s the perfect choice for breakfast on the go, and they are also delicious when you drizzle them with some chocolate sauce for dessert! This recipe for cronuts is SO easy and delicious. Instead of making the dough from scratch, you use puff pastry dough! This makes these so simple and easy that even the most beginner of bakers can master them and look like a pro!

Ingredients for Homemade Cronuts

This recipe is so simple and only uses five ingredients. You can make these anytime, and they will be ready in less than 40 minutes! Check out the recipe card at the bottom of the post for all of the exact ingredient measurements.

Puff Pastry Sheets: Puff pastry sheets are thin layers of dough made with butter that puff up when baked. This creates a flaky and buttery texture in the cronuts. Egg: Eggs are used in this recipe to create an egg wash, which adds a shiny, golden-brown finish. Water: Water is mixed with the egg to create the egg wash, helping it spread easily and stick to the pastry. Vegetable Oil: This is used for frying the cronuts, giving them a crispy exterior while keeping the inside soft. Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar is sprinkled on top of the cronuts to add a sweet touch to the cronuts.

How to Make Cronuts

These cronuts are simple to make because you use pre-made puff pastry dough. One of my favorite parts about this recipe is that you will have a decent amount of scrap dough left over. This makes it so you can fry all my scraps into tiny cronuts. They make such a fun bite-size treat!

Prepare Dough

Start Frying

Cinnamon Sugar: Mix together ¼ cup white sugar and one teaspoon of cinnamon and sprinkle it on your warm cronut. Donut Glaze: Whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar and 2-3 teaspoons milk until the desired consistency is reached. Then, drizzle on the cronuts. Sauces: I love adding a smooth and delicious sauce to my cronuts. Try adding on some of my homemade strawberry sauce or this delicious chocolate sauce!