Small Batch Beignets (bread Machine)

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dry yeast
• 1 egg
• 3 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 measure all your ingredients out and have everything ready to go.
• 2 heat the shortening and water together until the shortening is melted and the whole mixture is very warm but not scalding hot. pour into bread machine.
• 3 turn machine on and quickly add the other ingredients in the order listed and allow the bread machine to knead the dough for the full dough cycle.
• 4 remove dough from pan to a flour-dusted surface and roll thin. cut into squares and fry in hot oil just long enough for them to golden brown.
• 5 drain and serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.
• 6 tip: beignets puff up two inches thick or more, so you need at least a couple of inches of oil in your pan.