Have a recipie for benets? A pastry I had at Cafe du Monde in New Orleans.?

Question

It's kind of like a cream puff, without the cream and lots of powdered sugar on top. So yummy & I'd like to make them for my family.

Answer 1

French Donuts (Benets)(Recipe from 1951)

1 cup milk
1 egg
1 pkg yeast
2 Tbs butter
2 Tbs brown sugar
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt

After scalding milk, add butter and sugar. Cool to lukewarm. Crumble yeast and dissolve in mixture, add salt and about half the flour to form a batter. Add egg and beat well, add the remaining flour and beat again. Cover and let rise in a warm place until it doubles in bulk.

Knead gently and roll out on well floured board to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into rounds, cover again and let rise for about 30 minutes. Cook in deep fat. Drain and sprinkle with powered sugar.

Answer 2

Here is a French Market Style Beignets Recipe, straight from New Orleans :

This version of Beignets can be made at the last minute because it does not require kneading or rising time. It is so easy that you'll find yourself whipping up a batch whenever you are in the mood for a little something sweet.

Oil for frying – safflower or other oil with a high smoke point
1-3/4 cups sifted flour, plus extra for rolling
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup sugar
2 large eggs
½ teaspoon pure vanilla
2 tablespoons canola or safflower oil
2 tablespoons milk
½ cup powdered sugar

Fill a heavy pot (or 2-1/2” deep cast iron skillet) halfway with oil. Be sure to use good frying oil with a high smoke point. Heat over a medium-high flame until oil reaches a temperature of 360 degrees F.
While the oil is heating up, lightly beat the eggs with a wire whisk in a large bowl. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Stir milk and oil (canola or safflower) into sugar-egg mixture. Add the flour, baking powder and salt into a sifter or sieve and sift directly into egg mixture. Stir until a biscuit-like dough forms.
Lightly flour a work surface and turn out the dough. If the dough is too sticky, gently work in a small amount of flour. The dough will be tough if overworked. Sprinkle dough lightly with flour and gently roll the dough out to a thickness of 1/8-inch. Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to cut rolled dough into 2-inch squares. Resist the temptation to remix the scraps. They will be tough so just fry up the odd bits just as they are.
Use a dough scraper or spatula to gently lift the cutout dough off the work surface and into the hot oil. Fry the beignets, a few at a time, until golden, turning as necessary, with a slotted spoon. When both sides are golden, remove from hot oil and allow the beignets to drain on paper towels. Dust heavily with sifted powdered sugar and serve immediately.
Makes about 1 dozen Beignets

Answer 3

Benet Pastry

Answer 4

How to Make Benets
French Donuts (Benets)(Recipe from 1951)
I had my first taste of Benets in New Orleans in 2001, but you can make them quickly with refrigerator biscuits, and it settles that craving for them.
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 pkg yeast
2 Tbs butter
2 Tbs brown sugar
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt

After scalding milk, add butter and sugar. Cool to lukewarm. Crumble yeast and dissolve in mixture, add salt and about half the flour to form a batter. Add egg and beat well, add the remaining flour and beat again. Cover and let rise in a warm place until it doubles in bulk.

Knead gently and roll out on well floured board to about 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into rounds, cover again and let rise for about 30 minutes. Cook in deep fat. Drain and sprinkle with powered sugar. Try making them with Refrigerator Biscuits instead

Answer 5

I think you mean a beignet. It's a choux pastry that's been deep fried instead of baked, like a donut. A choux is flour egg and butter (and castor sugar for sweets) stirred into hot water and made into a dough for cream puffs or eclairs. Shape it and then deep fry according to your fryer's directions. Then you sprinkle powdered sugar on it.

Answer 6

I just bought a box of benet mix when I was in New Orleans. It's easier that way.

Answer 7

I've eaten them, they're spelled "Beignets". I'm sure you can google it like that and get the answer. To me it tasted almost like a donut and it didn't need a whole bag full of powdered sugar.

Answer 8

Here's a recipe.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1613,132178-254194,00.html

Answer 9

cafedumonde.com - they sell the biegnets' mix. I never bought it. I loved the biegnets with coffee, tough! aren't they great?

Answer 10

Thats not how you spell beignets.
http://www.cafedumonde.com has mixes and the such.
I love them.