Beignets Recipe

• 4 cups Flour
• ¼ cup Sugar
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp Yeast
• 1 cup Warm Milk
• ¼ cup Butter (very soft)
• 1 Egg (lightly beaten)
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 1 tsp Lemon Zest (grated)
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil
• Powedered Sugar

• Take flour, sugar and salt in a bowl and mix well.
• Blend in yeast and warm milk and keep to the side for 2 minutes.
• Add butter, egg, vanilla, lemon zest and mix well into sticky dough. Add more flour or milk if required.
• Place the dough in an oiled bowl turning it at least once to smear the dough with oil. Keep it covered with towel for 2-3 hrs.
• Press down the dough and flip it over. Again keep it covered with towel for 45 minutes.
• Rol out the dough 1/8“ thick on floured surface. Cut into circles using sharp edged glass. Keep covered for 60 min.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry in batches for 2-3 min or until golden brown. Stir it for many times.
• Place the beignets on the tissue paper to remove the excess oil.
• Roll them in powedered sugar and serve with apricot jam.