French Quarter Beignets

                                                          Recipe Courtesy Paula Dean

• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 envelope active dry yeast
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 7 cups bread flour
• 1/4 cup shortening
• Nonstick spray
• Oil, for deep-frying
• 3 cups confectioners' (powdered) sugar

Directions

Mix water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.

In another bowl, beat the eggs, salt and evaporated milk together. Mix egg mixture to the yeast mixture. In a separate bowl, measure out the bread flour. Add 3 cups of the flour to the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add the shortening and continue to stir while adding the remaining flour. Remove dough from the bowl, place onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray. Put dough into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a towel. Let rise in a warm place for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
Add the confectioners' sugar to a paper or plastic bag and set aside.
Roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness and cut into 1-inch squares. Deep-fry, flipping constantly, until they become a golden color. After beignets are fried, drain them for a few seconds on paper towels, and then toss them into the bag of confectioners' sugar. Hold bag closed and shake to coat evenly.

DONUTS!

Who doesn't love  a good donut?








Baked Raised Donuts
1/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon margarine
1/3 cup very warm water
1 pkg. yeast
1 egg, beaten
2 1/3 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon lemon rind
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup melted margarine
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoon cinnamon

Scald milk. Stir in sugar, salt and oleo. Cool to lukewarm. Measure very warm water into large mixing bowl. Sprinkle yeast in water; stir until dissolved. Stir in lukewarm milk mixture, egg and 1/2 of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in lemon rind, nutmeg and rest of flour to make soft dough. Turn dough on a lightly floured board and knead until smooth and elastic. Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm place until double in bulk (45 minutes). Punch down. Turn out on floured board. Roll out 1/3-inch thick. Cut with floured donut cutter. Place donuts on greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in warm place for 1/2 hour. Brush tops and sides with some of the melted oleo and bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and dip in remaining oleo, then in 1/2 cup sugar into which some cinnamon has been mixed. Serve warm. Makes 1-1/2 dozen.



Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
2 pkg yeast
1/4 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)
1-1/2 cup lukewarm milk (scalded then cooled)
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/3 cup shortening
5 cup all-purpose flour
Vegetable oil

Dissolve yeast in warm water in 2 1/2-quart bowl. Add milk, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 cups flour. Beat on low speed scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in remaining flour until smooth. Cover and let rise in warm place, until double, 50-60 minutes. (Dough is ready when indentation remains when touched.) Turn dough onto floured surface; roll around lightly to coat with flour. Gently roll dough 1/2-inch thick with floured rolling pin. Cut with floured doughnut cutter. Cover and let rise until double, 30-40 minutes. Heat vegetable oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees. Slide doughnuts into hot oil with wide spatula. Turn doughnuts as they rise to the surface. Fry until golden brown, about 1 minute on each side. Remove carefully from oil (do not prick surface); drain. Dip the doughnuts into creamy glaze set on rack then when slightly cooled spread chocolate glaze on top. Can dip in sprinkles or other toppings after chocolate if desired.

Creamy Glaze:
1/3 cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla 4-6 tablespoons hot water

Heat butter until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.

Chocolate glaze:
1/3 cup butter 2 cups powdered sugar
1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla 4-6 tablespoon hot water 4-oz milk chocolate or semi-sweet chips

Heat butter and chocolate over low heat until chocolate is melted; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in water 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.

Rolls are good!

Bread  machine  is  best  for these rolls,  we  love  them  with honey butter  or  to sop up gravy.
In bread machine place
1 cup Water
2 tbsp margarine
1 egg
3 1/4 cup bread flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tsp Yeast

Set on dough cycle.  Shape into balls  or just drop on lined cookie sheet. Cover lightly  and let double.
Bake at 375 F about 12-15 minutes.

hot buns!

Bread machine Method  for Jiffy Cake Mix rolls    (2  NON BREAD machine  recipe  at  bottom of  page)

These are a slightly sweet dinner roll

Jiffy Rolls
1 9 (oz) box jiffy cake mix yellow, or white
1 pkg. or 2 and 1/4 teas. yeast
1/2 teas. salt
1 1/4 cups warm water
3 c. flour all purpose is ok but I always use bread flour
In bread machine pan put water, then salt, the cake mix and flour top with the yeast and put it on the dough cycle. When cycle is complete remove from bread machine, I don't flour my rolling board I oil it so do what you prefer and cut and then roll into 15 to 20 rolls, put on a greased baking sheet cover and let rise till double about an hour. Bake at 400 10 to 15 minutes.
You can also do this w/o a bread machine I am just lazy.

this  is  what they look like before they  rise

and  after they  rise  before  going in oven....

and  freshly buttered  out of  oven

Same recipe  in  loaf  form

ALSO  you can use  same  recipe  for cinnamon rolls  check these out!

they are  not  really as flat in real life as the picture looks....... Enjoy

OR   WITHOUT BREAD  MACHINE

• This  came  directly from the Jiffymix.com web site
• 1 pkg. "JIFFY" White Cake Mix (or 9 oz of any cake mix)
• 1 pkg. dry yeast
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1-1/4 cups warm water
• 2-1/2 to 3 cups flour
• margarine or butter
• Preheat oven to 400°.  Grease a baking sheet.
  Combine cake mix and yeast. Add salt and warm water. Gradually beat in flour. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Punch down dough and shape into dinner or clover leaf rolls. Place on prepared baking sheet and brush with margarine or butter. Cover and let rise 1 hour or until double in size. Bake18-20 minutes.

Or I found this non bread machine recipe on the net


Cake Mix Yeast Rolls
2 packages granulated yeast
2 cups warm water
1 box white Jiffy cake mix
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups or more all-purpose flour
Mix yeast and water. Leave set long enough for yeast to dissolve.
Add remaining ingredients. Mix. Let rise to double.
Punch dough down. Make rolls. Let rise to double again.
Bake at 325 degrees F for 20 minutes. Butter tops when removed from oven.