Beignets

 In the iconic Disney movie “The Princess and the Frog,” beignets are the dessert that Tiana serves to her friend Lottie and her father at the beginning of the movie. 

Tiana is an amazing cook and she communicates that if you set your mind to something and work hard, it will happen

While these fried pastries take a while to cook, they are delicious once they are done. They are a little unflavorful until you add powdered sugar and/or honey. The cooking process took quite a long time because you have to make the dough and then let it rise for 2 hours, so if you don’t have a lot of time this recipe is not a good choice. 

The dough for these pastries is super soft and light so they are not very filling. The recipe that I tried made about 30 so the dough goes a long way. One other great thing that you can do with the dough is separate it in half because it makes so many and then make some of them later, which is what I recommend doing unless you are having a large gathering. 

When frying the beignets it only takes 1-2 minutes on each side, but it depends on how big you cut them. I cut mine to about 2-inch squares. Once fried, I would recommend letting the beignets cool a little before adding the powdered sugar because if they are too hot the powdered sugar will melt into the pastry and you won’t be able to see it anymore. 

Overall this was a good recipe and I like that you can make them however sweet you want and that they are super light. If I make this recipe again, I would half it so I don’t have as much dough left over.