5 Star Foodie Junior:
Last Saturday, we watched the movie "Princess and the Frog". This movie is about a girl kissing a frog. The girl turned into a frog too but then when the two frogs kissed each other, they both turned into humans again and became a prince and a princess. The girl was a waitress in New Orleans, and when there was a wedding party, she had to serve beignets.
I didn't know what beignets were so my dad told me that they are special French-style donuts with powdered sugar on top from New Orleans. He told me that he and mom had really delicious beignets at a famous cafe in New Orleans, called Cafe du Monde. I really wanted to try beignets so my mom and I decided to make them.
On Saturday night we prepared the dough. First we put warm water and a little bit of sugar in a bowl and sprinkled yeast over.
Then the yeast turned into bubbly liquid. We added flour, sugar, salt, egg, and buttermilk and mixed it all up. After adding some butter and more flour, we mixed it up some more and made a dough ball. Then we put it in a bowl sprinkled with flour and covered it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator.
When we woke up on Sunday morning, we rolled the dough out and cut squares.
Next, we fried the squares in oil until they were golden and puffed up.
Then we covered them with powdered sugar.
The beignets were scrumptious!
They tasted sweet and they were light and perfect! It was the best breakfast ever!
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/3 cup buttermilk
3 1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoons butter, softened
Additional flour
Vegetable oil for frying
Powdered sugar
Directions:
In a large bowl, add warm water and a tablespoon of sugar. Sprinkle the yeast over and let it sit for a few minutes until the yeast dissolves. Then, add the rest of the sugar, salt, eggs, buttermilk, and mixwell. Mix in 2 cups of the flour and beat until smooth (can do this with the KitchenAid or by hand). Add the butter, and then the remaining flour. Mix well until the dough comes together to form a ball (add a little more flour if necessary). Place in a bowl dusted with flour. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Roll out dough about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch squares. Fry in 360F hot oil until puffed up and golden brown.
Roll the beignets in powdered sugar. Serve immediately.
