Tiana's New Orleans beignet recipe

Tiana’s New Orleans beignets

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Ingredients                       

• ½ tsp. dry yeast
• ¼ cup warm water
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 tbsp. vegetable shortening
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 egg
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup boiling water
• Vegetable oil for frying.
• Powdered sugar

What to do

1. Sprinkle yeast over warm water in a small bowl stir to dissolve.
2. Add sugar, shortening, salt, heavy cream, egg, flour, yeast and boiling water to large bowl mix together.
3. Rest Doug mixture for 30 minutes
4. Roll out dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut into individual squares let dough rise for 2hour in warm area.
5. Heat vegetable oil to 350 degrees and fry beignets for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown
6. Dust warm beignets with powdered sugar and enjoy!