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Mardi Gras Recipe: French Beignets

March 7, 2011 by Susie Chadwick 3 Comments

If you’ve ever had delicious, deep-fried, sugar-coated beignets, a French version of the donut, you are going to be pleasantly surprised to learn how easy they are to make at home.  I mixed up the dough in minutes, and fried them without wasting cups and cups of oil.  And they were so delicious! I’ve only had beignets at the Jazz Cafe in Downtown Disney. Needless to say, making beignets at home was much more frugal. These would be great to make at a Mardi Gras party, or for sitting home and watching the Mardi Gras parade on TV.

French Beignet Recipe
Oil for frying with a high smoke point (I used sunflower oil)
1 3/4 c. flour, plus some for rolling
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2/3 c. sugar
2 eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons milk
½ c. powdered sugar

Add one inch oil to a deep pan. Be sure to use frying oil with a high smoke point. Heat over medium-low heat while you mix the beignet batter.

Beat the eggs in a large bowl and stir in sugar and vanilla. Stir in milk and oil. Add the flour, baking powder and salt, mixing lightly. Try not to over beat. The more you work with this dough, the tougher the beignets will be.

Turn out the dough onto a floured surface. Sprinkle lightly with flour and gently roll the dough out to 1/8 inch. Cut into squares or triangles with a knife.

Rolling the dough thinly and working it as little as possible is what keeps beignets light and fluffy.

Lift the shapes gently into the hot oil. Fry until golden, turning with a slotted spoon. Drain on paper towels and dust with powdered sugar. Best served immediately.

My house helper told me they make a similar dessert for Christmas in India called Galagala.  A small ball of dough is flattened onto a fork and rolled up, then deep fried.  My kids loved this bite-sized version of beignets.

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Filed Under: Recipes, Special Occasions Tagged With: holiday foods, french, recipes, holidays, mardi gras

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Comments

  1. LeahC says

    March 8, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Looks so yummy… Yes they are very similar to Galagala. I will have to make these with breakfast one day! Thanks! Leah

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  2. AmyR says

    February 21, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    Thank you so much for posting this recipe! My 6 y/o daughter just asked me today if I would make her some… I told her no because I didn’t know how to spell it to look up a recipe – ha! She told me to watch The Princess and the Frog because they talk about beignets on there. Leave it to a child 🙂

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    • Kimberly Danger says

      February 22, 2012 at 7:47 am

      Let us know how they turn out! 🙂

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