Beignets. A traditional New Orleans-style recipe for their famous beignets! They're soft, pillowy, fluffy and airy, not to mention totally scrumptious. Close your eyes, take a bite and enjoy!

Ingredients of Beignets

1. It’s of milk.
2. Prepare of lemon juice.
3. You need of hot milk.
4. You need of dry active yeast.
5. You need of white sugar.
6. You need of bread flour.
7. It’s of baking soda.
8. Prepare of salt.

With just one bowl and a handful of kitchen staples, you. Beignets only have a single rise, unlike doughnuts, which have a second rise after they are cut out. Instead, beignets go from the initial rise to cutting and frying in pretty quick succession. These deliciously easy to make light and fluffy fried beignets covered in powdered sugar will make you feel like your right at Café du Monde in New Orleans.

Beignets step by step

1. Add the lemon juice to the milk and let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Combine the milk mix with the hot milk, then add the yeast and sugar. Whisk it all together and see it aside for about 10min to let the yeast activate..
3. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. Give it a stir, then add milk mixture..
4. Using a dough hook, or wooden spoon, mix for about 3-4 minutes, or until you have a tacky dough. Then cover the bowl in cling film or a damp tea towel and let sit for 1hr.
5. Once it's doubled in size, dump it onto a well floured surface.
6. Roll out and trim into small rectangles to form the Beignets. I used a pizza cutter which worked really well.
7. Heat a pot of cooking oil to 180c (350 f) and place the beignets into the oil. If you're lucky they'll turn themselves, but if not turn them with a spoon.
8. Remove and drain on a rack with paper towels.
9. Dust with lots of icing sugar, and I love mine with my passionfruit curd. I've done a recipe for that too. You've gotta try it.

Beignets are donut-like fried dough that are dusted with powdered sugar. They are sometimes misspelled as benyas. The country of origin is France but they are very popular in New. These sweet, square and holeless French doughnuts are known as beignets. New Orleans Beignets Recipe photo by Taste of Home.