New Orleans Beignets Recipe

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New Orleans Beignets
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 envelope dry yeast
  • 2 tbsp lukewarm water
  • 1 egg
  • 3 1/2 cups sifted flour
  • fat for deep frying

Directions:

  1. Scald milk and dissolve it in the sugar and salt.
  2. Add nutmeg.
  3. Let milk cool to lukewarm and combine with softened yeast in
  4. Lukewarm water.
  5. Stir in the egg and oil and thoroughly blend
  6. In flour, a little at a time.
  7. Cover the bowl lightly with a cloth and let dough rise in a
  8. Warm place until it has doubled in bulk, about 11/2 hours.
  9. Turn the dough out onto a wellfloured pastry board, deflate
  10. It and knead it gently.
  11. Roll it out into a rectangle 18 long and 12 wide and cut into 36 pieces, each 3 by 2 .
  12. Cover lightly with a towel and let beignets rise on the
  13. Pastry board for 30 minutes.
  14. In a fryer or large saucepan, heat fat for deep frying to 375 degrees. Cook the beignets, a few at a time, until they are golden brown. Drain quickly.
  15. Dust immediately with powdered sugar and serve at once while hot.
  16. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 13.11 Kcal (55 kJ)
Calories from fat 8.14 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.9g 1%
Cholesterol 4.68mg 2%
Sodium 53.16mg 2%
Potassium 14.34mg 0%
Total Carbs 0.89g 0%
Sugars 0.78g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.06g 0%
Protein 0.44g 1%
Calcium 9.1mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 136.84 Kcal (573 kJ)
Calories from fat 84.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.44g 1%
Cholesterol 48.86mg 2%
Sodium 554.68mg 2%
Potassium 149.63mg 0%
Total Carbs 9.33g 0%
Sugars 8.18g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.63g 0%
Protein 4.64g 1%
Iron 0.3mg 0%
Calcium 95.4mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.3
    Points
  • 0
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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