Recipe: Delicious Beignets

Beignets. A traditional New Orleans-style recipe for their famous beignets! New Orleans-style beignets are probably the most well-known beignets in the United States, and they're surprisingly easy to make at home. With just one bowl and a handful of kitchen staples, you.

Learn how to make New Orleans-Style Beignets! AKA Fried Dough covered in powdered sugar! An easy recipe anyone can make! You can cook Beignets using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beignets

1. You need 1/4 cup of water.
2. It's 1 1/2 teaspoons of yeast.
3. Prepare 1/8 cup of butter.
4. It's 1/4 cup of sugar.
5. It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
6. It's 1/2 cup of boiling water(boil more and measure out the exact amount).
7. It's 1/2 cup of evaporated milk.
8. It's 2 teaspoons of Vanilla.
9. You need 1 of egg, beaten.
10. Prepare 4 cups of flour.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of confectioners' sugar for dusting.

Beignets only have a single rise, unlike doughnuts, which have a second rise after they are cut out. Instead, beignets go from the initial rise to cutting and frying in pretty quick succession. These beignets are officially the bane of my existence…. Okay, that's being a little dramatic, but it's ridiculous that they have been such a pain.

Beignets instructions

1. 1/4 cup room temperature water sprinkle the yeast over the water and let stand for about 5 minutes to dissolve..
2. Combine the butter sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Pour the boiling water over the butter mixture and then stir in the evaporated milk and vanilla. Wait for the mixture to cool down to touch.
3. Then add the yeast and water mixture and beaten egg to that mixture..
4. Slowly mix in the flour until the dough forms a ball. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour..
5. Working with a ¼ portion of the dough at a time, roll out the dough 1/8-inch thick. Use flour as need as you roll this out. Cut the rolled out dough into strips 2 inches wide, then cut again in the opposite direction and at an angle, making triangle shapes..
6. Heat your oil for frying in a deep and wide, heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat to 360 degree F (180 degrees C)..
7. Slide dough slowly into the oil to avoid splattering and deep fry until they puff up and are golden brown on both sides, 3 to 5 minutes. (Do a test on one or two to adjust the heat and time). Carefully remove onto a rack with paper towels underneath and allow to cool until you can handle them.
8. Place in a bowl and use a sifter to dust the beignets with powdered sugar..

These sweet, square and holeless French doughnuts are known as beignets. New Orleans Beignets Recipe photo by Taste of Home. Beignets are closely related to a fritter or funnel cake. They are usually yeasted and raised doughs Like most fried things, beignets are best served right away while still warm. This easy to make beignets recipe features fried choux fritters with a generous dusting of sugar.