How to Make Perfect 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 have Beignets using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Beignets

1. It's 1 1/2 cups of milk.
2. It's 1 1/2 Tbsp of lemon juice.
3. It's 1/2 cup of hot milk.
4. Prepare 4 tsp of dry active yeast.
5. Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp of white sugar.
6. It's 4 cups of bread flour.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.

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. Add the lemon juice to the milk and let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Combine the milk mix with the hot milk, then add the yeast and sugar. Whisk it all together and see it aside for about 10min to let the yeast activate..
3. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. Give it a stir, then add milk mixture..
4. Using a dough hook, or wooden spoon, mix for about 3-4 minutes, or until you have a tacky dough. Then cover the bowl in cling film or a damp tea towel and let sit for 1hr.
5. Once it's doubled in size, dump it onto a well floured surface.
6. Roll out and trim into small rectangles to form the Beignets. I used a pizza cutter which worked really well.
7. Heat a pot of cooking oil to 180c (350 f) and place the beignets into the oil. If you're lucky they'll turn themselves, but if not turn them with a spoon.
8. Remove and drain on a rack with paper towels.
9. Dust with lots of icing sugar, and I love mine with my passionfruit curd. I've done a recipe for that too. You've gotta try it.

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.