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Published Jun 05, 2019
Updated Aug 29, 2024
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New Orleans Beignets - soft, pillowy and the best beignets like New Orleans. This recipe is fail-proof and easy. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm.
Table of Contents
- Beignets New Orleans
- Cafe Du Monde Beignet Copycat Recipe
- What Does A Beignet Taste Like
- Beignets Main Ingredients
- How To Make Beignets New Orleans
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What To Serve With New Orleans Beignets
- Other Recipes You Might Like
- New Orleans Beignets Recipe
Beignets New Orleans
New Orleans is famous for its beignets (sometimes misspelled as benya). Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans is world famous because of its legendary beignets and coffee.
Beignet is a specialty in the French Quarters in the Big Easy. They are square in shape, about 2 inches x 2 inches deep fried nuggets of sweetened dough.
After deep-frying, they are dusted and sprinkled with lots of powdered sugar. Beignets are served as a dessert with French cafe au lait.
Cafe Du Monde Beignet Copycat Recipe
I have an easy beignets recipe using choux pastry. This is the real and authentic New Orleans beignets recipe and Cafe Du Monde copycat.
What Does A Beignet Taste Like
Beignets are fried fritters with a dense and doughy interior. These sweet fried dough are crispy on the outside but soft and pillowy on the inside.
They taste lighter and airy to the palate. They are basically donuts in squares without a hole.
Beignets Main Ingredients
- Cake flour and bread flour
- Yeast
- Eggs
- Butter
- Milk powder
- Sugar and salt
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Beignets New Orleans
New Orleans beignets are made with a yeast dough.
First, you make the dough by mixing sugar, salt, milk powder, unsalted butter, eggs, yeast and flour to form the dough.
Next, you wait for the beignets dough to rise for one hour.
The final step is cutting the dough into squares and deep fry in batches until golden brown. To serve, dust powdered sugar generously on the beignets and serve warm.
This beignet recipe is very easy, fail-proof and delivers amazing results. If you love sweet desserts, you will definitely love this easy recipe!
Frequently Asked Questions
Difference between donuts and beignets?
Donut and beignets are very similar. Both are made with a yeast dough. The dough needs to rise before deep-frying. The real difference is in its shape.
Donuts are round with a hole and have a variety of sweet glazes. Beignets are squares or rectangles in shape without holes. They don’t have a glaze but dusted with powdered sugar.
How many calories per serving?
This recipe is only 165 calories per beignet.
What To Serve With New Orleans Beignets
This dish is best served with a cup of coffee. For an afternoon tea or dessert party, I recommend the following recipes.
Banana Bundt Cake
Churros Recipe with Chocolate Sauce
Blueberry Galette
French Yogurt Cake
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4.54 from 50 votes
New Orleans Beignets
By: Bee Yinn Low
Soft, pillowy and the best New Orleans beignets. This beignet recipe is fail-proof and easy. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm.
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Additional Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 20 Beignets
Ingredients
- 8 oz (230g) warm water
- 1 oz (30g) active dry yeast
- 1 oz (30g) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 o (30g) milk powder
- 3 oz (90g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 6 oz (175g) cake flour
- 11 oz (325g) bread flour
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- oil for deep-frying
- powdered sugar
Instructions
Mix the water and active dry yeast together, let sit for 10 minutes.
On a stand mixer using a whip attachment, mix the sugar, salt, milk powder, unsalted butter and vanilla extract until light and foamy on high speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, on medium speed. Add the yeast mixture to it.
Change the whip to hook attachment and add the cake flour, bread flour and baking powder. Beat on low speed and then on high speed, until the dough separates from the side of the bowl. Let the dough rise for one hour.
Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface, roll it out to about 1/4-inch (5mm) thickness and cut into 1-inch to 2-inch squares (2.5cm to 5cm squares). Heat 3 inches (7cm) of oil in a frying pan on medium-low heat.
When the oil is fully heated, drop the dough and fry them in batches. Keep turning the beignets and deep fry until golden brown. Transfer the beignets out with a strainer and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle the powdered sugar generously and serve warm.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g, Calories: 165kcal, Carbohydrates: 26g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 28mg, Sodium: 100mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 7g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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About Bee Yinn Low
Bee is a recipe developer and best-selling cookbook author, sharing easy, quick, and delicious Asian and American recipes since 2006. With a strong following of almost 2 million fans online, her expertise has been featured in major publications, TV and radio programs, and live cooking demos throughout the United States and Asia.
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