Bugnes Lyonnaises (Beignets De Carnaval)
Ingredients
- 2 & 1/8 cups flour
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 5 tbsp melted unsalted butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 Lemon or orange zest medium size
- Powdered sugar to drizzle on to of the beignets
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until you get a homogeneous dough. You may need more flour, we recommend adding a tablespoon at a time to ensure your dough isn’t too dry, a little sticky is fine. Cover with a plastic wrap or cloth let it rest for an hour or two.
- Flour the surface you will be working on and roll out the dough until you get a 1/2 cm thick sheet as seen in pictures.
- Use a knife, pizza cutter, or a pastry wheel cutter (which tends to give beautiful lines)to cut out a diamond shape or different shapes (have fun with it) then fry them until golden brown.
- Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy.