Beignet Recipie

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If your asking yourself "what's a Beignet"? It's a sad life you have lived Also called French Market Doughnuts. Fried up into a hollw puff type pastry covered in powdered sugar. Outstanding with coffee!


[FONT=Consolas]Basin Street Dough by Dickie Betar 1967[/FONT]
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[FONT=Consolas]3/4 cups scalded milk[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]1 stick of oleo[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]1/2 cup sugar[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]2 teaspoon salt[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]1 egg[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]4 cups all purpose flour[/FONT]
[FONT=Consolas]2 yeast cakes dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water or the equivalent from a jar [/FONT][FONT=Consolas]of yeast[/FONT]
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[FONT=Consolas]add scalded milk to soft oleo and stir, add sugar and salt, beat egg and add to milk mixture, (be sure it has cooled some or will kill yeast) and yeast and flour. Place in frig over night.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Consolas]Roll and cut up (roll faily flat and cut into 1" strips and then teh strip into 1.5" to 2" pieces) and fry (take out calories) and then eat and enjoy with coffee of course sprinkle powdered sugar[/FONT]