Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 envelope active dry yeast
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 7 cups bread flour
- 1/4 cup shortening
- Nonstick spray
- oil, for deep frying (for authentic New Orleans beignets, use cottonseed oil)
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
In another bowl, beat the eggs, salt and evaporated milk together. Mix egg mixture to the yeast mixture. In a seperate 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 sir while adding the remaining flour. Remove dough from the bowl, place onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. (Or let your Bosch do all the stirring and kneading, suckas.) Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray. Put dough into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a towel. (I left it in the Bosch with the lid on.) Let rise in a warm place for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees or heavy pot on medium-high heat.
Add the confectioners' sugar to a paper or plastic bag and set aside.
Roll the dough out to about 1/4 inc thickness and cut into 1-inch squares.
Makes about 3 dozen, says the recipe. I halfed it both times I made these and we had at least two dozen.
5 comments:
You don't even know, dude. I'm SO FREAKING EXCITED TO HAVE THIS RECIPE. I thought those looked like little scones. Utah scones. (English scones are a disappointment when you think they're going to be fried dough covered in honey and powdered sugar.)
i am so glad you found this. i didn't know what these were. they looked like fried dough scones, but in cartoon it might be something else. i asked aron's parents if they knew what they were, cause they lived down there. they had NO idea what i was talking about. c'mon! we just had scones last week because i was out of EVERYTHING except flour and yeast and way expired milk.
Yay! So excited for the beignets! Where's the gumbo? Does Paula Deen have a recipe for that, too? They are totally scones! how fun!
I made these lasternight and they were soooo good! Two things: it requires 2 eggs (somehow left off of the ingredients list), and I had the wrong thing in my brain and used sweetened condensed milk instead of evaporated milk. Weird mistake, but it was really good!
Oops. I'll fix the egg thing. Thanks, Katy!
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