Baby Boston Creme Pies
Alright, I know I said I was going to do a slew of light, low sugar, and otherwise diet recipes this month and here I am doing yet another doughnut recipe! Well this one you can blame on my husband. I whipped these up last night and after eating three (in a row), he tweeted out to his friends that they would be posted soon and they “HAD to make them!”. He has also made a few phone calls today too and the result is that I have a bunch of engineers salivating and watching Southern Plate for this recipe to be posted.
Now if y’all aren’t familiar with engineers, you may not realize that they have a tendency to form mobs. These mobs are highly organized, underground organizations which meet to strategize (and eat pizza) on a regular basis while managing to avoid government detection by cloaking themselves under the guise of “user groups”.
A mob of unsettled engineers may not seem like a big deal but you aren’t thinking straight here. This is a mob of highly educated people (disproportionately men) who are equipped with top of the line high tech electronic devices and the collective knowledge to design, build, and launch nuclear weapons out of their pocket lint, a few paper clips, and some gum wrappers. Add hunger and cravings into the mix and we got a problem if the beast is not appeased. Look people, they know where I live! I had no choice.
On a lighter note, these are delicious, perhaps my favorite of the canned biscuit doughnut recipes I’ve posted. The filling is made with sugar free pudding, light whipped topping, and fat free or low fat milk. The only real sugar in the recipe comes from the small amount of icing on top so as far as calories and guilt goes, you could do a heck of a lot worse than these! Don’t bother telling anyone in your family they are actually light, no one will know.
They really are horrible. Absolutely melt in your mouth delicious and the filling and chocolate……. You are going to love and hate me at the same time if you make these!
You will need: Canned biscuits, sugar free instant jello, lite cool whip, and some vegetable oil.
You will also need milk, I used 1%.
Place about 1/2 inch of oil into your pan and heat it on medium heat for about five minutes or so, to make sure it is good and hot.
Add in biscuits.
After less than a minute, they will be ready to turn. Turn them over and let them get good and brown on both sides. Remove from oil and place onto paper towel lined plate.
Now we make our cream filling. This is one of my favorite fillings. I use this recipe to fill cream puffs and as a light icing for cold cakes. Its also great just dolloped over fresh fruit.
Place 1 1/2 cups of fat free milk in a mixing bowl. Add an entire small box of sugar free french vanilla pudding. Note that we are adding 1/2 cup less milk than what the pudding calls for so this will be a bit thicker.
After that is mixed up, add eight ounces of lite whipped topping.
Make sure it is all blended up well. I mix mine with the mixer for a minute or two and then stir from the bottom with a rubber spatula to ensure I didn’t miss any. This is just delicious and very low cal!
Now, using a pastry bag with tip or just a new oral syringe (which you can get at any pharmacy for next to nothing – they might even give it to you if you tell them you’ll bring them some of these!), press the tip into the side of the doughnut and pipe a little filling in each one. I go for a little less than a tablespoon but you can do as much or as little as you like.
Like this…
There ya go, filled doughnut …er uh…creme pie!
Now you are more than welcome to make your icing from scratch but this recipe is meant to be quick and easy so I just used some store bought chocolate icing and stuck it in the microwave for about thirty seconds to get it to a good glaze consistency.
Repeat with all of them. Yummmm.
Baby Boston Creme Pies
1 can biscuits (five or ten count, NOT the flaky layers type)
Vegetable Oil
Sugar free french vanilla pudding (small box)
1 1/2 Cups fat free or low fat milk
8 ounces Fat free or light whipped topping
1 can chocolate frosting
Pour oil in skillet to depth of 1/2 inch. Place on medium heat and let heat up for about five minutes to make sure the oil is good and hot. Place biscuits in hot oil, turn as soon as they become brown and let brown on both sides. Remove to paper towel lined plates.
To make filling, mix pudding and milk together in mixing bowl, blend well. Add whipped topping and mix until well blended. Stir with spatula from the bottom a few times to continue mixing. Place in icing bag with tip or oral syringe and pipe into doughnuts from the side.
Heat chocolate frosting in microwave for about thirty seconds, until it is of glaze consistency. Pour into small bowl. Dip the top of each creme pie into icing and place on plate to serve.
*This is a great way to get free tech support on your computer or if you have a rocket or space shuttle you needed drawn up in a cad program or something….
Other products of my canned biscuit doughnut frenzy:
Quick and Easy Jelly Filled Doughnuts
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There will be lots of Engineers and Tech Geeks making creme pies tonight!
Thanks for posting. This is an absolutely awesome dessert!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much!!!
You know, if I got more grocery money on payday I could make little treats like this more often…..
~smiles~
Umm those look so good. In fact all the doughnuts do. I cant wait to try those Christy.
Let me know how they turn out! I know you’ll give ‘em a shot and they’ll be even better!!!
Oh yum those look so great.
Hey Micha! Thank you!!! They were nummmalicious!
Oh yum! I didn’t realize making homemade doughnuts would be so easy. I am definitely going to try these. My 7 year old will love these doughnuts. And I think I might enjoy a few dozen myself. Ha!
Hehe!!
My kids think they are so cool. My daughter went ga ga over the pink iced jelly filled ones yesterday and I thought my son and husband were going to eat so many of these they might get sick! lol
it is fun making them at home though, much more than buying
Let me know how they turn out and thanks !!
OMG! You are evil, woman! I am pregnant and trying my hardest not to gain 500 pounds and here you go posting donut recipes every day of the week! What are you trying to do to me? On the jelly donut recipe day I was thinking “Well, at least they aren’t boston creme pies because then I’d be in real trouble… mmmm… boston creme pies… well, thank God the donut store is 30 miles from our house.”
“Southern Plate, fattening up pregnant women all over the world” should be your new tagline. I still love you!
Hey, your baby needs the calcium in that pudding!!! AND, if its a girl, she really needs that little bit of chocolate on top.
See? I’m only looking out for your own welfare because I loves ya so much!
How funny what you were thinking!!
I LOVE the tagline!! Will have to see about using that one!!
I make a lot out of canned biscuits but I have never tried doin’ this. Sounds so yummy. Have you ever made sopapillas with canned biscuits? Served with honey butter, very good.
Mama used to make sopapillas all of the time when we were little, they were one of her favorite treats. I’ve never made them myself though! I’m gonna have to get her recipe and add that to my list!!
OMG OMG OMG!!!!!
Yes! Yes! Yes!!!!
Im going into sugar coma here. God I LOVE these donuts. I used to buy a half dozen of these at a a place whose name I will not mention but you love to dunk em in your coffee. I would eat the entire half dozen of these and go back and buy more.I wont have any trouble scarfin these puppies down. (gains 20 lbs just looking at em).
lol!
Tell you what, I’ll start a program to keep the weight off. Y’all eat all of my food you want and then you get to help with the dishes, I’ll work it right off of ya and then feed you again!
Such a fun cycle!!
I miss the days when I could just eat as many doughnuts as I wanted, two at a time or so. I guess I’m lucky I can’t do that anymore because you can imagine where I’d be now with Southern Plate and all!!!
I’m just gonna go load up on insulin now… lol.
lol!
But Bill, the only sugar is the icing on top, really!!
How are you feeling today?
A little dizziness once in a while but otherwise doing great maam. I’m sucking down water and watching my blood sugar closely. Thank you for asking.
~frowns~
You don’t need to be up and about so much. Are you taking tylenol regularly, too?
Make sure you steer clear of those carbs, get plenty of protein and good liquid meals like broth…and keep drinking the fluids. I find that if I keep a glass of water around me at all times, I sip it absentmindedly. Same with doughnuts.~grins~
Keep us posted and how is your dad doing? Did he get it as badly as you? Don’t make me come over there!
Dad is doing great today. I made him drink lots of water and eat some pedialyte pops. He was doing much better today and ate since his stomach didn’t bother him anymore.. It was a simple 24 hour bug..but it hit him harder being 82 years old. I will do what you say maam.. I promise lol.
Sorry I missed the show. I was in the doctors office from 4:45pm to around 8. It was a mad house.
Hey Bill!
I went out last night with one of my neighbors (Laura in Athens, she is on here) and we talked about you! We’re both wondering how your dad and you are feeling today so let us know!
Christy
Haaaaaaaaaaaa! This was a great entry. Not only am I salivating over the recipe, but I’m married to a user-group-coordinator-type-guy. (I don’t really know what he does, exactly, but it has something to do with user groups and 3-D design software…I think).
Off to buy some ingredients!
Jadine, I think we might be married to the same person.
If so, could you please pick up the pace and help me out a bit more with the laundry?
I’ve always wanted another wife around here!
P.S. see if he knows anything about Solidworks World. I am sending goodies there for all of the engineers I know
Let’s see…does he know anything about Solidworks World…well, here’s the link to his blog: http://blogs.solidworks.com/swcommunity/
And about the laundry, these tech-geeks (I didn’t just call them that) are surprisingly good at laundry. Sure, they don’t want this information to get around, and sure, they only do THEIR OWN laundry, and yes, it may never get folded, but they *can* do it.
But okay, I’ll step up and get some of yours done after my nap…that I’ll have to take to recover from my sugar-and-fat-induced-coma resulting from the impending creme-pie-incident-of-2009.
Back to the store I go…. Can’t wait to try them.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
~grins, squeals, and spins around~
I don’t eat this kind of stuff except for maybe an occasional holiday. These look so very, very tempting, though! If I had anyone with whom to share them, I might break down and make a few. However, my husband is pre-diabetic and has a will of iron so I’ll just have to fantasize!
Oooh, have you tried making the homemade banana pudding with splenda for him ?
its soooooooooo good. That is one of my favorite treats. It does have carbs but it gives you a chance to have something sweet without the sugar, too.
I just always balance it out, make sure I eat a nice dinner with plenty of protein before I have a small bowl of splenda banana pudding.
I agree completely though, these things around the holidays are great – you can eat more with less guilt!
Nooo… I don’t think he’d care for banana pudding. He’s picky. He *might* go for one these with the sugar-free lemon filling. He loves lemon! ~I~ love Bavarian creme filled doughnuts so the thought of these is still gnawing at me! I might have to stop at Krispy Kreme before the week’s out!
I am really enjoying all these deep-fried-biscuit recipes you’ve been posting! I have yet to actually make some, because I’m afraid I’d never be able to stop eating them and I am trying to watch my weight… I think this one looks the best so far, and that’s saying a lot, because the regular donuts and the jelly-filled both looked great!
Thank you so much!!
You know the cool thing about these is that you can just make a five count can of biscuits if you like, so there isn’t a whole dozen lurking around your house anywhere!!
I’ll be glad when February rolls around and we all start slacking off of our diets again! lol JUST KIDDING!! (well, maybe kidding a little).
I always need to lose weight!
OK, so if I wanted to make lemon filled donuts … would it be better to use canned lemon pie filling (which I’ve never tried) or maybe mix up instant lemon pudding (which may not be tart enough)???
Keep it up and you’ll have enough recipes for a donut cookbook!
I wouldn’t use the canned, personally. I would get lemon pudding mix, use only 1 cup of milk and then add in eight ounces of whipped topping. Then I would add in two tablespoons of lemon juice and mix that all up well. I think that would add the tartness you want but still be nice and creamy. You might even want to start with one tablespoon of juice and then taste it before adding the other
.
Another option (but much higher in calories and effort) would be to make lemon meringue pie filling from scratch and inject that.
If it were me, I’d be going the pudding route because you can get sugar free and then the light cool whip- meaning you can PIG OUT more! lol
ooh did I just say that?
Nahhh, not me!
~looks innocent~
I swear if I were a man I’d hunt you down and beg you to marry me!
You rock
lol, WOW this post has gotten some great reactions, I’m so glad I went ahead and posted it (was going to hold it for a while).
I loved this comment, had to call Mama on this one! lol
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!! I hate you and I love you!!
LOL!
Well thanks!! I love being hated in a loving way!!!
Gratefully,
Christy
It just kills me to read all these delicious recipes and not be able to join in the fun! We don’t have “canned biscuits” here in Australia! What’s the go? I mean, come on! Obviously they are very versatile (and necessary) part of a normal diet (that’s die with a t by the way!), but along with (real, that is Hidden Valley) Ranch dressing, it is not a thing found on the shelves of Coles or Woolworths!
Christy – could you perhaps do a post on how to make biscuits? I know they’re such an obvious southern thing that it probably hasn’t even occurred to you, but for the sake of my waistline (or lack thereof), I would really appreciate knowing an alternative or what would be similar to canned biscuits. Or just a dough that can be fried?
cheers and thanks
Myella
Okay so my first two questions are: What is Cole’s and Woolworths?
I am assuming they are grocery stores but I wonder if Woolworths is owned by the same company that used to own our Woolworths stores (I haven’t seen one since I was a girl). If so that would be really interesting because it was always a clothing store here!
I do have a recipe for homemade biscuits on here but I will work on getting you a recipe specifically for fried dough as it is actually easier than homemade biscuit dough
.
I’ll put it on my list and try to get to it soon!
I’m sorry you can’t get these!! I know I went on a bit of a canned biscuit craze this past week but I swear it wasn’t intentional! My intent this month has been to bring you light and diet friendly recipes…
The best laid plans……
~laughs~
Hi Christy – I’ll give Angela’s recipe a go and see what happens. I’ve seen your recipe for buttermilk biscuits, but doubt they’d survive the frying process! Will wait with bated breath for your fried dough recipe!
PS – Coles & Woolworths are grocery stores – we also have a Big W (same company as Woolworths), which is clothes and general merchandise, but Woolworths is only grocery. They’re our 2 biggest chains here.
Myella…
here is a good (easy) recipe for a doughnut from scratch. Do you have an electric breadmaker?
3/4 cup milk or water
2 large eggs
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup sugar
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons yeast
vegetable oil (for frying)
Place ingredients in bread machine according to manufacturer and set to dough setting.
When cycle is done, remove dough, punch down and let rest 10 minutes.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/2-inch thick.
Cut with floured riund cutter. Cut a smaller hole in the middle for doughnut holes if desired.
Place on a lightly greased baking sheet and let rise about 1 hour or until very light.
Fry in preheated 375*F (190*C) oil, a few at a time, about 1 minute, each side.
Drain on paper towel.
Glaze with icing, fill and/or dust with powdered/cinnamon sugar, as desired.
Makes about 24 doughnuts.
Hope this helps you!
Thank you Angela!!! Those look fabulous!!
Thanks Angela – I will have to give your recipe a go – I do have a bread maker that thankfully, despite the fact it no longer cooks the bread, does still make dough! Unless I’ve thrown it out – I’ll check this afternoon!
Cheers, Myella
Aaaaww Christy…and you know I can’t get frozen biscuits here! =(
It’s not fair!!!!
I’m on it! i’m on it! honest! lol
I’ll try to get y’all a fried dough recipe up soon
How much longer til Graceland?
Had to try these Christy and my DH loved them and wanted more but I shared these with the GK’s so guess I’ll have to make more. How long can you keep the left over mixed pudding cool whip? Thanks. Love your receipes. Judy
That pudding mixture will keep for several days in the fridge or a few months in the freezer, just thaw it out when you’re ready to use it!
I’m so glad he liked them! I am also really stunned at how well these have gone over. I didn’t use a recipe or anything I just kinda got the idea the day before I posted them and came up with it!
wow
I almost didn’t post them but my husband made me!
Guess I gotta give it to him!
Gratefully,
Christy
Christy – Looks like the crowd loved this one! I am looking at these as my stomach growls begging you to send me some of these morsels of goodness. They look amazing!
I know, I am tickled with their reception! I went to Logan’s last night with a girl’s night out and took twenty of these. I ended up handing them out around the bar and to the wait staff because folks kept asking for them! lol
It was fun!
Thank you, Zesty!
I love your comments on Engineers hahah – I also am married to one! did you know that the best way to cook bacon (according to an engineer who’s tried every way possibly known to man) is for 2hrs on 250 degrees? it comes out perfect!! LOL!!
I did not know that!!!! I will actually have to try it now because I am a sucker for useless facts (and I can see myself bringing this one up at dinner conversation one day!).
I got everything to make these for dh and the kids. I cant wait.
oh they are yummy!
What surprises me is how good they are the next day too! I was thinking the dough would get tough but it doesn’t, it stays moist and soft and you know what? for me they beat out Krisy Kreme’s!
Don’t tell anyone I said that though or they will come hunt me down!
~closes her shutters~
Oh, I WANT!
~Grins and hands you the platter of them~
Thank you!!!
These look SO tasty. Unfortunately my monitor screen was a bit dusty when I licked it… Great recipe!
Tickles me beyond words when I get an Average Betty Comment!
Y’all really have to go check out her site, it is FUN! Oh, and delicious, too!
~Wipes your screen down~
Thank you, Betty!!!
Christy, you are so bad for me.
These look awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, but I am only thinking of your health. I worry about y’all being malnourished so I have to look out for you. This is mostly dairy anyway ~grins~
Thank you!
wow. that’s really very impressive! I’ve never tried anything like that before (to make I mean…I’ve definitely ate quite a few)
Hey Olga! These are super super easy to make. I made thirty of them last night in about ten minutes!
They are also so much better than store bought, I just love fresh fresh fresh pastries!
Thank you!
I made these last nite and to say the least they were a big hit! I liked how easy they were to make but oh soso tasty! they look like they took alot of work to make too. very nice! thanks!
Hers6:
YAY!!! I love to hear things like this!! So glad you liked them! Stick around because I can tell you, most of my recipes aren’t a lot of work – who has time!!!?
lol
Gratefully,
Christy
My butt would like to thank you in advance for these. I made the fried doughnuts from the earlier post. My husband asked for them twice more that week. We ate them until we felt queasy. I love Boston Creme Pie and I happen to have everything to make these. Curses!! I’m supposed to be losing weight.
Dear Brindi’s Rear,
You are most welcome for both posts on melt in your mouth doughnuts as well as Baby Boston Creme Pies. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to be so gracious. Normally, I hear back from midsections, tummies, and taste buds but I have yet to hear from a derriere and have always felt certain that most of the greatest southern cuisine was destined for your exact destination.
I am sure you are a cushion of support for all that relies upon you and do hope that I can in some small way, contribute to your continued success in your line of work. After all, there aren’t many things in this world which one can rest upon quite so firmly as yourself.
On another note, I feel I must warn you that your mistress has made explicit claims of wishing to downsize you. I fear for your very existence as well as her comfort should this come to pass. Few appreciate the buffer of softness you provide until it is gone, and then they are left thin, bruised, and hungry.
I hope that this information will allow you to work with your neighbors, perhaps urging the taste buds to crave more of these filling foods while helping your lady see that she truly is lovely, especially when fully satiated
.
Gratefully yours,
Christy Jordan
P.S. It’s fun to be as easily amused as I am,honestly!
Alright, I gotta give up kudos to the husband on this one. I never dreamed they’d be such a hit.
Don’t go getting a big head though, Ricky, you still gotta do all the trim painting in the living room
~Christy
delicious! these look wonderful Christy! yummy as always!
Oh, I LOVE Boston Cream Pie! Curses, I’m going to be compelled to make them this week! LOL!! Oh, and I can totally relate to your description of Engineers and their Engineer Mobs…I’m married to one!
Well I can see that my food lifestyle changes are going to turn into a severe “diet” – I think when I’m looking at some of these recipes I will gain 10 lbs and that’s BEFORE I make some of these (and I WILL be making some of these)
Thanks so much for sharing all your great ideas and recipes
YUM!
I made these this morning. We polished off four in about 20 minutes.
Be sure you blot ‘em good with paper towels before you fill them. I didn’t and they were a little greasy, but that’s my fault, not the recipe – it was fantastic.
I also had absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance of the entire bowl of creme filling. Nothing at all. Pay no attention to the bowl beside my computer. Sheerest coincidence, I’m sure.
Now here is a woman to look up to!!
LOL!
So glad you liked them…still laughing!
I must try these!
Oh my! I made these this morning and they are to die for!! We couldn’t stop eating them! Thank goodness today was a cheat day on the diet
Thanks for all the good recipes!
Thank you so much for these. I love Boston creme donuts and since I moved from Austin to a small town I discovered that not all donut shops are open 24hrs. Now I can have these whenever a craving hits.
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I made this today for our Super Bowl party. I made them into little footballs by adding stripes with white gel icing. What a HIT! They are gone and it isn’t even kick-off yet! I am headed to the kitchen to make more.
Okay, I made these with some homemade vanilla pudding and homemade glaze. This may very well be the ONLY way to eat canned biscuits (and also gives them a foot in the door, because they used to not even be welcome on the place)!! Yummy! Thanks!
Okay Christy – I made 20 and have 8 left… What have you done?!?!? These are so addicting! I’m passing the rest onto my neighbors NOW while I can still fit out my door! YUM!
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
You just saved me getting up 2 hours before my husband on Father’s Day – I wanted to make him boston cream pie donuts for breakfast, but all the recipes were so time consuming!!
Can’t wait to try this!!
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I made this last night and my daughter and Husband loved them. The only problem I had with the recipe was that the filling was so darn good I was afraid I was going to eat it all right out of the bowl before I got it into the pies!
Hi Christy,
Do you think these would hold up if fried the night before an event and filled the morning of the event? I love these and would like to make them for about 100 people – I promise to tell them where I got the recipe if I can slip it in lol.
Thank you so much… you make my dinners so tasty I look like a good cook!
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I make a boston creme cake and the filling I make for it would be good for this too! I mix pudding mix and sourcream with just a little milk.