Heritage Beignets Recipe
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Category
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Ingredients
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1/2 Cup boiling water
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2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
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1 tsp salt
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1/3 Cup sugar
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1/2 Cup heavy whipping cream
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2 small eggs (or one large)
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1 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
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1 tsp dry active yeast
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3 Cups Sunrise Flour Mill Bread Blend or White Flour
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Coconut oil for deep frying
Directions
Boil ½ cup of water. Once it’s boiling, add the boiling water to the bowl of a stand mixer. Add coconut oil, sugar, and salt. Mix until salt and sugar have dissolved.
Cool to lukewarm.
In this order, add heavy whipping cream, egg(s), nutmeg, dry active yeast, and flour. Mix for 2 minutes.
Let rest for 5-10 minutes
Continue to mix for 5 more minutes on medium slow. If needed, add more flour slowly until the dough clings to the hook and cleans the sides of the bowl.
Cover and let rest on the counter for 30 minutes.
On a well-floured surface, flatten dough out to 1/4 inch by hand or with a roller. Cut into 2x3 inch rectangles.
On a well-floured surface, flatten dough out to 1/4 inch by hand or with a roller. Cut into 2x3 inch rectangles.
Alternative
Cover and refrigerate overnight. On the day of baking, remove dough from the refrigerator and allow it to warm to room temperature.
On a well-floured surface, press or roll out a rectangle about 1/4 thick.
Cut into 2x3 inch rectangles.
Deep fry in coconut oil at 360 F for about 2 to 3 minutes, 1-1 ½, minutes per side or until they are a deep golden brown.
