WetLeather Recipe Database - food for bikers

Name:	Official GPNDG Backwoods Beignet	Contributor:	Martin Golding
Description:	Fryar Martin's Beignets. If he wasn't so busy keeping us caffeinated, he'd clog our arteries	Posted:	1994-09-30
Key words:	beignet, fryar, breakfast	Category:	Appetizers
ID:	128	Updated:	2005-11-29 10:24:49
Ingredients:	1-1/2 c warm water 1 Tbsp dry yeast 1/2 c sugar 1 tsp salt 2 large eggs 1 c undiluted canned evaporated milk 7 c flour 1/4 c vegetable shortening or butter Confectioner's sugar
Preparation:	Put the warm water into a large bowl, then sprinkle in the dry yeast and stir until thoroughly dissolved. Add the sugar, salt, eggs and evaporated milk. Gradually stir in 4 cups of the flour and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth and thoroughly blended. Beat in the shortening, then add the remaining flour, about 1/3 cup at a time, beating it in with a spoon until it becomes too stiff to stir, then working in the rest with your fingers. Or, if you have a Kitchenaid or satisfactory substitute, combine dry ingredients, add wet ingredients plus melted butter or shortening, beat till smooth. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least overnight. The dough will keep in the fridge for at least a week, if you beat it down occasionally. It isn't necessary to put it in a hot saddlebag and take it out for a six-hour ride in the sun so the dough rises like an alien monster and attacks the rest of the implements and has to be peeled off and beaten back when you hit camp, but it does get an interesting winey flavor if you do. Roll the dough out on a floured board to a thickness of 1/8". Cut it into rectangles with a sharp knife. Fry in 360 degree oil, turning once or twice, until golden brown. Drain, sprinkle HEAVILY with confectioner's sugar, and serve hot. Or toss into a large paper bag with confectioner's sugar, shake, and serve.
Notes:	Enough for an entire camp full of hungry bikers (most of them, anyway): Wonderful to stave off the gnawing hunger pains while the bacon fries and the omelettes set. Good, basic, camp food. Ride safe, eat well in the wilderness.
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