You’ve been warned!
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 envelope active dry yeast
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup evaporated milk
7 cups bread flour
1/4 cup shortening
Nonstick spray
Oil, for deep-frying
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
Directions
Mix water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
In another bowl, beat the eggs, salt and evaporated milk together. Mix egg mixture to the yeast mixture. In a separate bowl, measure out the bread flour. Add 3 cups of the flour to the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add the shortening and continue to stir while adding the remaining flour. Remove dough from the bowl, place onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray. Put dough into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a towel. Let rise in a warm place for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
Add the confectioners’ sugar to a paper or plastic bag and set aside.
Roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness and cut into 1-inch squares. Deep-fry, flipping constantly, until they become a golden color. After beignets are fried, drain them for a few seconds on paper towels, and then toss them into the bag of confectioners’ sugar. Hold bag closed and shake to coat evenly.
If they taste as good as they look, I would have eaten way more than three. I have a thing for cake donuts, but these look amazing!
They did Lauren, unfortunately, they did. Thanks for your support in the mass-consumption of sugary, cakey donuts! ;^)
Nothing like Paula Dean to do you in.
Roxanne
Yep! Her heart must pump simple sugar instead of blood!
Paula Dean??? I am surprised! I thought I knew you, Megan… =)
I don’t know what you mean by that but suddenly I feel guilty, and less cool! Haha!
I’m just kidding! I just remember when you were telling us how you would eat ricotta and honey for dessert and we were like ‘daaaaaaang! she’s super healthy’! But I haven’t lost respect for you, if anything I have gained it! I love Paula Dean!
Oooooooh! That’s the dessert I eat after eating far too many baked and delicious desserts! Ha! It’s good, but not like, beignet good ;^)
So pleased to see the beignet pics! Trust you had some darkly rich and delicious Cafe du Monde style chicory coffee in which to dunk those delightful circles!
All the best,
Astrid H. Nelson
I most certainly did Astrid! And I thought of our garden party as I made these
So many fond memories of times with you! <3