Beignets Recipe - Ponchiki (2024)

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Many different cultures have variations of the beignet (pronounced ben-yey) in their traditional cultural cuisines. Beignet is the French term for a pastry or in Russian we call them Ponchiki or Pishki. It is a square piece of dough, fried and covered with powdered sugar. These tasty deep fried pastries airy, crisp textures, soft yet chewy and sweet enough to satisfy your sweet tooth. You can use different fillings or you could eat them plain and they are delicious also.

Adopted this recipe from America’s test kitchen
Ingredients
1 cup warm water
2 large eggs
4 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. Instant Yeast
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil
Vegetable or Canola Oil for frying
Powder sugar for dusting

Direction:
Combine warm water, 1 tablespoon sugar and yeast and set aside for about 5 minutes.

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In a mixer bowl whisk 3 tablespoons sugar, eggs, 2 tablespoons oil, salt and vanilla; mix on low speed until sugar dissolves;

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add yeast mixture. Add flour in small amounts, mixing well after each addition to make soft dough. (dough will be very wet).

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Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until dough doubles in size, about 1 hour.

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Divide dough in half, place 1 half on a well floured surface, and pat with flour hands, flipping to coat with flour. Roll dough out to 1/4 –inch thick rectangle about 12 inches by 9 inches.

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Using pizza wheel or I have special dough cutter, cut dough into 3 inch squared and transfer to floured sheet.

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Repeat with the remaining dough.
Add oil into a frying pan (about 1 inch deep) and heat over medium heat. Add your shaped dough and fry until golden brown on both sides, about 1 1/2 minutes on each side.

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Remove from oil onto paper towel to absorb excess oil.
Serve hot with your choice of jam, sour cream or dust lightly with powder sugar.

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Enjoy!!!

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12 Comments

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    InnaFebruary 1, 2014 at 10:10 am - Reply

    These look delicious 🙂 Can’t wait to make them.

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    SvetlanaApril 1, 2014 at 1:29 pm - Reply

    My childhood favorites! I think I have the confidence to make them now – thanks for simplifying it for us!

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    video chat with strangersMay 6, 2015 at 7:16 pm - Reply

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    CT limoMay 14, 2015 at 8:56 pm - Reply

    Very energetic blog, I enjoyed that bit. Will there be a part 2?

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    charmdimsureMarch 28, 2017 at 7:36 pm - Reply

    I just have one question. “refrigerate the dough for one hour until it doubles in size.” Refrigerate? Is this accurate?

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    Seviliya GraceApril 29, 2017 at 9:15 pm - Reply

    As I know, it’s BAURSAKI Kazakh traditional food.

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    WandaMay 10, 2017 at 5:46 am - Reply

    Just made them . Wow they were wonderful !! The texture was fantastic !!! Will definitely be making them over and over again ..
    Thanks so much for the recipe .

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    restitutaDecember 8, 2017 at 10:46 pm - Reply

    Simple n looks delicious will try out

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    GeraldineDecember 30, 2017 at 1:04 pm - Reply

    Can you roll out 1/2 of dough and refrigerate the rest in refrigerator for a day or so?

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      InessaDecember 30, 2017 at 3:17 pm - Reply

      Yes, that would work.
      Thank you

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    RobbyFebruary 2, 2019 at 9:48 pm - Reply

    You need to be a part of a contest for one of the best blogs
    on the internet. I am going to recommend this website!

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Be sure that you oil is NIICCE and hot. We had our oil even 20 degrees hotter than the box called for and this really seemed to help the dough puff. Try to keep that oil temperature as even as possible!

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If it isn't, the beignets absorb too much oil and the powdered sugar melts when served and the beignet is greasy, sticky, and a hot, sweet mess of soggy dough. Cafe du Monde fries their beignets in cottonseed oil, even though most recipes call for vegetable oil.

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