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Baked Easy Beignets
Learn how to make my easy beignets recipe with light, fluffy dough—baked instead of deep fried! Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or dessert.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 3h 20m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Gemma Stafford📖 biggerbolderbaking
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Making the Beignet Dough
2
In a large bowl, mix water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and let sit ⏱️ 5-10 minutes, until foaming.
3
In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, salt, vanilla extract and evaporated milk together.
large egg, at room temperature1(1 oz/28 g) butter, melted2 tablespoons(1 ½ oz/45 g) butter, melted3 tablespoonssalt1 teaspoonvanilla extract2 teaspoons
4
Add egg mixture to yeast mix and whisk together.
large egg, at room temperature1(1 oz/28 g) butter, melted2 tablespoonsegg wash(1 ½ oz/45 g) butter, melted3 tablespoons
5
Stir in the melted butter, followed by the bread flour.
6
Using a spatula or your hand bring the dough together into a ball (I like to use my hand so you can feel whats going on). You will notice that this dough will be a little sticky, that's ok.
7
Drizzle a little oil in the bowl and coat the bowl and dough.
8
Cover with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and allow to proof at room temperature for a about ⏱️ 2 hours, or until doubled in size. (After the two hours if you don't plan to bake then place in refrigerator overnight)
9
Baking the Beignets
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Line a baking tray with parchment and set aside.
11
Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness and cut 1 ½-inch squares. (This is easy to do with a pizza cutter.)
12
Place the squares on the baking tray 1-inch apart. Cover loosely with cling wrap and a kitchen towel and let the dough proof for about ⏱️ 45 minutes at room temperature.
13
Toward the end of proofing preheat the oven to 350℉ (180℃)
14
Brush each square lightly with egg wash and bake for ⏱️ 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
large egg, at room temperature1(1 oz/28 g) butter, melted2 tablespoonsegg wash(1 ½ oz/45 g) butter, melted3 tablespoons
15
While the beignets are still warm, brush them with the melted butter and generously dust with powdered sugar.
Nutrition Facts
calories
332 kcal
fat Content
7 g
serving Size
2 g
sugar Content
17 g
sodium Content
319 mg
protein Content
9 g
cholesterol Content
41 mg
carbohydrate Content
56 g
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