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dustbunny105) wrote2025-09-21 07:56 pm
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Guess who made beignets~
Me! :D
I came across the recipe being recommended on Tumblr at the same time that I had songs from The Princess and the Frog stuck in my head, so I kinda had to. It required a trip to the dollar store because I didn't have the right kind of flour but at least the weather was pretty decent. And, hey, there's the walk I didn't take outside yesterday. Nice! The recipe itself was easy enough and I got some reading in while waiting for the dough to rise. I didn't really have a very suitable pan for frying but found one that worked well enough. The first half or so of the dough, I used to make something more like beignet bites. That would've been what I used all the dough for but I got tired of dealing with such small portions at a time, especially since some of them really didn't want to turn over. Too bad, since they cooked so quickly. The rest of the dough made more of regular sized beignets, which had its own issues-- namely, they were a liiittle too big to fry comfortable in my pan once they'd puffed up.
The finished products didn't end up being the prettiest, especially the bites, but they taste good and that's the important part. I'm taking the bites with me to work tomorrow!
I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with the leftover oil. It's clean enough still that I'd rather not just toss it but I don't really dip-fry a lot of food. Nor is there a lot of food in the house right now that I would want to dip-fry. I'll probably just slice up some potatoes, tbh.
Me! :D
I came across the recipe being recommended on Tumblr at the same time that I had songs from The Princess and the Frog stuck in my head, so I kinda had to. It required a trip to the dollar store because I didn't have the right kind of flour but at least the weather was pretty decent. And, hey, there's the walk I didn't take outside yesterday. Nice! The recipe itself was easy enough and I got some reading in while waiting for the dough to rise. I didn't really have a very suitable pan for frying but found one that worked well enough. The first half or so of the dough, I used to make something more like beignet bites. That would've been what I used all the dough for but I got tired of dealing with such small portions at a time, especially since some of them really didn't want to turn over. Too bad, since they cooked so quickly. The rest of the dough made more of regular sized beignets, which had its own issues-- namely, they were a liiittle too big to fry comfortable in my pan once they'd puffed up.
The finished products didn't end up being the prettiest, especially the bites, but they taste good and that's the important part. I'm taking the bites with me to work tomorrow!
I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with the leftover oil. It's clean enough still that I'd rather not just toss it but I don't really dip-fry a lot of food. Nor is there a lot of food in the house right now that I would want to dip-fry. I'll probably just slice up some potatoes, tbh.