Café du Monde beignets

Experience

• 01/03/2021: made half a batch for the lab and Purim. It was more than we could eat in 3 days. I didn’t put the sugar because I used sweetened condensed milk and not condensed. The dough was hard to roll that thin and I found the beignets a bit flavorless and poufff. Like heavy. Maybe try with sugar, or maybe avoid beignets altogether because that’s the kind of food they are.

lots, like more than you’ll ever need

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 tsp dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 7 cup flour
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• oil for deep frying
• powdered sugar

Recipe

1. Mix warm water, yeast, sugar, salt, eggs, evaporated milk.
2. Gradually add 4 cups of flour.
3. Add shortening, then remaining flour.
4. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
5. Roll the dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut rectangles (2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches).
6. Heat oil to 360 °F = 180 °C. Fry beignets about 1-2 min per side. Lay on paper towel.
7. Coat with powdered sugar.

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from yourhomebasedmom

eaten with Pauline in New Orleans