The Cronut Craze: A Pastry Lover's Solution

Oh, doughnut lovers, you've heard of it but chances are you haven't tried the genius hybrid between the croissant and the donut - the cronut. The craze has hit New York and people are waiting upwards of two hours in line to buy a limit of two. There is even a black market for these things at a 700 percent markup, so what's a pastry lover like me to do when you can't get your hands on the latest craze? We're going to make them at home using the de Pillsbury Crescent dough.

To start making our DIY Pillsbury Crescent Donuts, we'll begin by opening up a roll of original Crescent dough that comes eight to a pack. We'll flour the board just a little bit so we don't have any sticking issues. Now, let's twist out our dough because these are crescent rolls and they're perforated in triangles. What we're going to do is go back and kind of mend the seam, basically just fusing these little triangles back together to get one big slab of dough.

Next, we'll fold this into thirds to create more layers and then roll it again. At this point, we'll just roll it out until it's big enough to accommodate our donut cutter. We're using two round cutters today - one is about three inches in diameter, and the other is slightly smaller. Let's start cutting out our donuts by centering our little donut hole on the dough and gently pressing down.

Now that we've got all of our donuts cut out, it's time to fry them. We'll heat up some oil in a deep frying pan until it reaches about 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the oil is hot, we'll carefully place our donuts into the oil using a spider or skimmer. Letting these go for about two-and-a-half to three minutes on either side will get us nice and golden brown. These are going to puff up right away, showing off all those beautiful layers we worked so hard for.

While our donuts are frying, let's prepare our banana cream filling. This is something I make anytime I'm making one of two end products - banana cream pie or banana pudding. Today, we're infusing it with banana flavor. Your goal here is just to get it between those layers and have this nice silky smooth pastry cream.

To amp up the banana flavor, I've processed 1/2 cup of banana chips with half a cup of granulated sugar, creating a beautiful banana sugar that I can roll my donuts in. Of course, the last step with any good donut is a little bit of glaze or icing - and all we have here is just a basic glaze made with milk and powdered sugar.

Now it's time to assemble our cronuts by slicing them in half using a serrated knife. This will reveal the crispy exterior that sounds amazing when you take that first bite, I love when things come out crispy. Here are our gorgeous cronuts - you can see all those flaky layers and the banana cream studded throughout. There you have it, folks - Pillsbury banana cream crescent donut! You saw how easy it is to make this, so go ahead and try making your own version.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enokay doughnut lovers you've heard of it but chances are you haven't tried the genius hybrid between the croissant and the donut the cronut the craze has hit New York and people are waiting upwards of two hours in line to buy a limit of two and there is even a black market for these things at a 700 percent markup so what's a pastry lover like me to do when you can't get your hands on the latest craze we are going to make them at home using the de Pillsbury Crescent dough so we are making DIY Pillsbury Crescent Donuts using the original Crescent dough that comes eight to a roll so I'm just going to pop this open and flour the board just a little bit so we don't have any sticking and then we want to twist out our dough and because these are crescent rolls they are perforated in triangles but what we're going to do is go back and kind of mend the seam so basically just fuse these little triangles back together to get one big slab of dough and now what we're going to do is basically fold this into thirds to create more layers and then roll it again and at this point we're just going to roll this out until it's big enough to accommodate our donut cutter and using two round cutters today one's about three inches in diameter and the other ones that each to get our donut so there goes the first one Center your little donut hole second donut easy does it very gently you don't want to splash and then we're gonna let these go for about two-and-a-half to three minutes on either side we get nice and golden brown these are going to puff up right away you know get to see all those beautiful layers that you worked so hard for by travelpod member chopsticks are the perfect tool for flipping but a couple wooden spoons will do the trick too and then we'll just let these go on the other side so just with a spider or a skimmer just pull them out of that hot oil and drain them on a couple paper towels so anytime I make pastry cream it's because I'm making one of two end products banana cream pie or banana pudding so today I have infused this with banana flavor and we are making a banana cream crescent donut so your goal here is just to get it between those layers and have this nice silky smooth pastry cream I am going to amp up the banana flavor with a flavored sugar what I did was processed 1/2 a cup of banana chips with half a cup of granulated sugar and then I've got this beautiful banana sugar that I can roll my donuts in and then of course the last step with any good donut is a little bit of glaze or icing and all i've got here is just a basic glaze that's made with milk and powdered sugar so i've got my banana chips and i'll just crush them up break them into little pieces and because it's the chic thing to do we're just going to put a little bit off to the side on one corner so everybody knows what's inside our donut of course what we have to do is slice them in half so a serrated knife will do the trick and it just it just sounds crispy I love when things down crispy and here we go these are gorgeous you can see all those flaky layers and that banana cream studded throughout so there you have it to be Pillsbury banana cream crescent donut I know you're dying to try it you saw how easy it is to make it so make your own version we definitely want to hear about it and there is nothing better than a hot homemade donut and you didn't even have to wait youokay doughnut lovers you've heard of it but chances are you haven't tried the genius hybrid between the croissant and the donut the cronut the craze has hit New York and people are waiting upwards of two hours in line to buy a limit of two and there is even a black market for these things at a 700 percent markup so what's a pastry lover like me to do when you can't get your hands on the latest craze we are going to make them at home using the de Pillsbury Crescent dough so we are making DIY Pillsbury Crescent Donuts using the original Crescent dough that comes eight to a roll so I'm just going to pop this open and flour the board just a little bit so we don't have any sticking and then we want to twist out our dough and because these are crescent rolls they are perforated in triangles but what we're going to do is go back and kind of mend the seam so basically just fuse these little triangles back together to get one big slab of dough and now what we're going to do is basically fold this into thirds to create more layers and then roll it again and at this point we're just going to roll this out until it's big enough to accommodate our donut cutter and using two round cutters today one's about three inches in diameter and the other ones that each to get our donut so there goes the first one Center your little donut hole second donut easy does it very gently you don't want to splash and then we're gonna let these go for about two-and-a-half to three minutes on either side we get nice and golden brown these are going to puff up right away you know get to see all those beautiful layers that you worked so hard for by travelpod member chopsticks are the perfect tool for flipping but a couple wooden spoons will do the trick too and then we'll just let these go on the other side so just with a spider or a skimmer just pull them out of that hot oil and drain them on a couple paper towels so anytime I make pastry cream it's because I'm making one of two end products banana cream pie or banana pudding so today I have infused this with banana flavor and we are making a banana cream crescent donut so your goal here is just to get it between those layers and have this nice silky smooth pastry cream I am going to amp up the banana flavor with a flavored sugar what I did was processed 1/2 a cup of banana chips with half a cup of granulated sugar and then I've got this beautiful banana sugar that I can roll my donuts in and then of course the last step with any good donut is a little bit of glaze or icing and all i've got here is just a basic glaze that's made with milk and powdered sugar so i've got my banana chips and i'll just crush them up break them into little pieces and because it's the chic thing to do we're just going to put a little bit off to the side on one corner so everybody knows what's inside our donut of course what we have to do is slice them in half so a serrated knife will do the trick and it just it just sounds crispy I love when things down crispy and here we go these are gorgeous you can see all those flaky layers and that banana cream studded throughout so there you have it to be Pillsbury banana cream crescent donut I know you're dying to try it you saw how easy it is to make it so make your own version we definitely want to hear about it and there is nothing better than a hot homemade donut and you didn't even have to wait you\n"