Sugar Dusted Beignets

Sugar Dusted Beignets is a dessert recipe ready in 2 h. It makes 6 servings, each 480 kcal with 11 g protein. Intermediate level, 11 ingredients.

Recipe by @anayet_vanille, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 2 htotal
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 480kcal a serving
  • 11 gprotein
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Sugar Dusted Beignets

What is Sugar Dusted Beignets

Yeast dough enriched with milk, egg, butter and custard, fried in oil and finished with a dusting of sugar.

How to make Sugar Dusted Beignets

Tips from the cook

  • Keep the oil at about 170 °C, as oil that is too cool makes greasy beignets and oil that is too hot browns them before the middle cooks.
  • Fry only a few at a time, so the temperature does not drop.
  • Turn them as they puff, so they colour evenly on both sides.
  • Roll them in the sugar while still warm, so it sticks.
  • Best eaten the same day, as they go chewy as they cool.
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Sugar Dusted Beignets substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Milk3 options
  • Unsweetened soy drink 1:1

    Thickens less than dairy.

    Still contains soy.

  • Gluten-free oat drink 1:1

    Must be labelled gluten-free.

  • Unsweetened almond drink 1:1

    Thin; tree nut.

    Still contains tree nuts.

Custard1 option
  • Oat milk custard: 2 1/3 cups full-fat oat milk, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla (use gluten-free labelled oat milk) 1:1 by volume as pourable custard

    Page labels it gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free; thinner than egg custard.

Egg2 options
  • Flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water) per egg

    Not above 3 eggs, not sponge.

  • 60 g unsweetened applesauce per egg

    Denser.

Butter2 options
  • Vegan/dairy-free butter block 1:1 by weight

    Soft tub margarine fails in pastry and cheesecake base.

  • Olive oil use about 3/4 as much by volume

    Not for creaming or pastry; base goes oily.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

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