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New Orleans Beignets
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Ready In: 10 Minutes
Servings: 36
This says 36... I always eat more than one.. Serve with a hot rich coffee and it's heaven! I hope you like them.
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
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 1/2 cups sifted flour
fat for deep frying
sifted confectioners sugar
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!
By RecipeOfHealth.com