Beignet

Gary Waite @cook_20376404

Can be made - just as little plain bread's,or as the snack Dessert of Icing Sugar - heavily dusted on small square,or rectangular doughnuts - is a French Doughnut,don't know if they give them a filling - apple puree in the raw Doughnut dough - before deep frying - I only mention it,because I have seen People on TV Cookery Shows - do it that way and may even use Baking Powder - instead of Powdered Yeast,or the other kind of Yeast.Have made beignets twice before - in little bread form's,from only using Bread Flour - and for a cake based Doughnut,I only used Plain Flour.Is easy too make - if you know how too make homemade bread - for you just add the extra ingredients of some - whole hen eggs and some extra butter - or butter too your lightly oiled bread dough mix.

Gary Waite @cook_20376404

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Ingredients

500 gPlain,or Bread Flour
300 mllukewarm water
1 sachetDried Yeast
A fewteaspoons of sugar
A fewteaspoons of salt
200 gor 250g Unsalted Butter
4-5hen eggs
Extra flour too dust (to stop sticking)
Vegetable Oil
Maybe Icing Sugar too sweeten cold Dessert ones

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Steps

1

Put the Kettle on and then add a bit of boiling hot water too a glass measuring jug and then add cold water too make lukewarm and then add 2 tsp. of white sugar and then the sachet of Powdered Yeast - stir - let rest.
2

Put Flour in Kenwood Food Mixer Bowl,rub cube's of butter into the flour with your Finger tips - too make a texture of fine bread crumbs and then add 4 tsp. Salt - add the water dissolved Yeast and then add the beaten eggs - blend with a dough hook connection on your Kenwood Food Mixer (or similar kind) and then leave too prove - in a warm room,with a damp tea towel over the top,leave it too rise for One hour.
3

Punch the air out of the dough and knead for about 5 minutes,will need too knead for about 10 minutes at the start - can - all be done,with the use of your Kenwood Food Mixer.After Second knead - then need too use a Rolling Pin for thin - raw Doughnut dough squares - allow too rest and rise for One hour.
4

Make Vegetable Oil very hot in a large frying pan,add a cube of bread to the oil - when browned, take the cube of bread out - and then gradually deep fry all of the raw Doughnut dough squares,once done - and cold - store in Plastic Containers with Lids and cover the doughnuts throughout with Icing Sugar.