Popular in New Orleans, the beignet is a square-shaped doughnut that has powdered sugar on top— a cup of coffee would make this a perfect pair! Beignet is a fritter or deep-fried pastry, that can be made with a variety of dough including yeast dough.
In this recipe, we are going to make a delicious Beignets Recipe without yeast! According to Healthfully, although the beignet is lower in fat and calories than a doughnut, it is still considered a sweet treat that you should not eat every day if you are following a heart-healthy diet.
Below, we are going to show you how to make a delicious beignets!
Steps:
Prepare all the ingredients
Combine milk and lemon juice to create buttermilk. Let it stay for 30 mins
Prepare dry ingredients. Put together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar
In the buttermilk, light beat in egg and vanilla extract
Add milk mixture to flour mixture
Add a dash of cinnamon powder. Knead. Dust with flour surface area.
Shape dough into a ball. Flatten. Using a rolling pin to expand the dough.
Continue to flatten the dough. Slice the dough into square shape.
Cut them into uniform size. Make sure to utilize all the dough so there would be no waste.
In a deep frying pan, heat oil. Fry.
Flip over. Fry the rest of the dough.
Serve. Enjoy your delicious meal!
Beignets Recipe Without Yeast
Ingredients
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 tbsp. Lemon juice
- 1 pc Egg
- 1 tbsp. Vanilla extract
- 2 cup Flour
- ⅓ cup White sugar
- 1 tbsp. Baking powder
- ½ tbsp. Salt
- Cinnamon powder
- Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Prepare all the ingredients
- Combine milk and lemon juice to create buttermilk. Let it stay for 30 mins
- Prepare dry ingredients. Put together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar
- In the buttermilk, light beat in egg and vanilla extract
- Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture
- Add a dash of cinnamon powder. Knead. Dust with flour surface area.
- Shape dough into a ball. Flatten. Using a rolling pin to expand the dough.
- Continue to flatten the dough. Slice the dough into square shape.
- Cut them into uniform size. Make sure to utilize all the dough so there would be no waste.
- In a deep frying pan, heat oil. Fry.
- Flip over. Fry the rest of the dough.
- Serve. Enjoy your delicious meal!
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Beignets first originated in Ancient Rome.
According to Merriam Webster, Beignet means a light square doughnut usually sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Absolutely! Follow the simple steps above and you can make one in no time!
