French Market Beignets
Recipe: #9723
May 30, 2013
Categories: Breads, Desserts, Cajun, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving Deep Fry, Kid's Lunches, Yeast Rolls, Flour, more
"Friends that were recently in New Orleans gave me this recipe credited to "Cajun Tours". They said these beignets were delicious. I have not made them but if my friends said they are good then they are! This is not dieters food. The recipe mkes 2-3 dozen"
Original is 36 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (47.1 g)
- Calories 111.9
- Total Fat - 2.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.6 g
- Cholesterol - 9.9 mg
- Sodium - 76.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.5 g
- Sugars - 3.2 g
- Protein - 3.6 g
- Calcium - 17.5 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Put 1 1/2 cups warm water in a large bowl, sprinkle in the yeast, stir well to dissolve the yeast. When the yeast is dissolved and frothing add sugar, salt and milk.
Step 2
Beat the two eggs and add to the bowl, stir.
Step 3
Add Crisco, break it up.
Step 4
Stir well slowly add the flour about 1/3 cup at a time.
Step 5
Stir until the flour is well mixed and the dough is a big ball, cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight.
Step 6
Next day roll pieces of dough very thin about 1/8" into 2 inch squares.
Step 7
Do not reroll any small pieces of dough left after cutting the squares just fry those as they are, if you reroll they will be tough.
Step 8
Fry in oil 360 degrees for about 3 minutes or until they are light brown.
Step 9
Shake the cooked beignet into a bag with confectioner's sugar C'est Bon!
Tips
No special items needed.
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