Description
Soft, pillowy New Orleans-style beignets dusted with powdered sugar and fried until golden.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Vegetable oil
- Confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- Warm milk and mix with sugar, then activate yeast
- Mix in egg, butter, remaining milk, and sugar
- Add flour and salt, knead until elastic
- Let dough rise until doubled
- Roll out dough and cut into squares
- Fry in hot oil until golden
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve
Notes
- Allow beignets to cool briefly before dusting
- Maintain oil temperature for even frying
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 beignet
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 25mg