Description
Make delicious vanilla French beignets for breakfast. These pillowy treats are easy to make.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Warm the milk. Add yeast and a pinch of sugar. Let it bloom.
- Whisk together sugar, salt, and eggs.
- Add the yeast mixture, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Gradually add flour. Mix until a dough forms.
- Knead the dough. Let it rise.
- Roll out the dough. Cut into squares.
- Heat oil. Fry the beignets until golden.
- Dust with powdered sugar. Serve hot.
Notes
- Make sure the oil is hot enough.
- Don’t overcrowd the fryer.
- Serve immediately for best taste.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Category: Breakfast/Dessert
- Method: Fry
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 beignet
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 30mg