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Disney Mickey Biscuit Beignets

Nicole Hood — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:53:38 +0000

These biscuit beignets are made in minutes with just a couple ingredients then tossed in lots and lots of powdered sugar!

Cut them into Mickey shapes for a fun Disney twist just like they serve at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort.

I grabbed a bag togo of Mickey beignets last time I visited the resort. How could I pass them up?!

The only place you can get Mickey Beignets at Disney is Port Orleans French Quarter Resort.

We took a free water taxi there and loved exploring the resort before heading to the parks.

Heads up pumpkin lovers. Disney makes pumpkin beignets every fall and they are to die for!

Mickey Biscuit Beignets

Ingredients

16 oz tube Grands flaky biscuits
1 cup powdered sugar
oil for frying

Instructions

Pour oil about half way full into a heavy bottomed pot.
Heat oil over medium until around 370 degrees (I check by adding the end of a wooden spoon in the oil to see if it bubbles).
Separate your biscuits on a cutting board. Flatten with the back of your hand.
Using a Mickey cookie cutter, cut out one Mickey out of each biscuit. Discard scraps.
Add 2 or 3 (depending on the size of your pot) biscuits to the oil at a time. Do not overcrowd.
Cook until golden, flip and cook the other side. You need to cook for at least a couple minutes so they are not doughy inside so adjust your temperate if they get too dark.
Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain and repeat with remaining biscuits.
Add to a plate or paper bag like Disney and dust immediately with powdered sugar. Lots and lots of powdered sugar.

Notes

These are best eaten hot and fresh. If you do have leftovers you can eat at room temp or reheat at 200 degrees in the oven for 5 minutes.

I love making beignets at home but sometimes I don’t have the time or ingredients to make them from scratch.

These biscuit beignets are super easy to make with just a couple ingredients!

Separate your biscuits on a cutting board. Flatten with the back of your hand.

Using a Mickey cookie cutter, cut out one Mickey out of each biscuit.

Add oil to a pot. Heat over medium until around 370 degrees (I check by adding the end of a wooden spoon in the oil to see if it bubbles).

Add 2 or 3 (depending on the size of your pot) biscuits to the oil at a time. Do not overcrowd.

Cook until golden, flip and cook the other side.

You need to cook for at least a couple minutes so they are not doughy inside so adjust your temperate if they get too dark.

Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain and repeat with remaining biscuits.

Time to get your sugar shaker!

You need at least 1/2 cup powdered sugar but I usually double it!

Add to a plate or paper bag like Disney and dust immediately with powdered sugar.

Lots and lots of powdered sugar.

These are best enjoyed hot and fresh and prepare to get messy!

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Cafe Du Monde New Orleans Beignets

Nicole Hood — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:30:00 +0000

Living in Louisiana, we are served a massive amount of delicious Cajun delicacies. We eat our fair share of fried catfish, gumbo, jambalaya, boiled crawfish, bread pudding, pralines, and, my favorite, beignets {just to name a few}. These fluffy fried pillows of goodness are covered in a blanket of powdered sugar and served piled high on a plate. How can it get any better that that?!

New Orleans treats including beignets, king cake, and pralines.

The most famous place in the country that serves beignets is Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. They have a short and sweet menu, basically beignets and coffee, preferably Cafe Au Lait, a combo of chicory coffee and milk. They have two locations in New Orleans and the main location, right off of Jackson Square, is open 24 hours a day. Service is fast, the food is good, and if you are ever in the area I recommend you stop by! I have been eating at Cafe Du Monde since I was a kid and I love stopping there on my trips to New Orleans and the surrounding areas {they have a wonderful drive through location in Covington, LA too}.

During my birthday trip to Baton Rouge, LA we visited Coffee Call, which was a local beignet and cafe au lait stop. I swear if you blinked twice you would think was Cafe Du Monde! Same decor, same food, same prices, and almost as amazing. It was a wonderful find and I am sure to make a pit stop there when I drive through the city now.

Exploring the great city of New Orleans earlier this month.

Needless to say, I love beignets and so does my family. But it’s one of those recipes I have never tried to make at home because they are so darn good at Cafe Du Monde {and now Coffee Call} why would I mess with a good thing? But after my last trip to NOLA earlier this month for the IRetreat conference, I decided what the heck let me give it a try at home!

Coffee Call beignets on the left and Cafe Du Monde beignets on the right. Which is better?

Ok, I’ll be honest. I had a few bombs. Many, many beignets were tossed in the garbage and poor Ashton, my hubby/taste tester, did his job his job well and probably doesn’t want to see another beignet for a good year or so. But finally we had a winner! I perfected a recipe that was, in my opinion, right up there with the big dogs at Cafe Du Monde!Give it a try and let me know what you think. I hope you love them as much as we do!

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I couldn’t talk about our visits to Cafe Du Monde without sharing these pics of my Ava baby!

This was her first trip to NOLA and Cafe Du Monde at around 6 months old.

She sure makes me laugh!

I can’t believe my girl is 3 now.

Time to introduce her little sister to beignets now!

My Beignet Babe at the Covington, LA location.

Cafe Du Monde New Orleans Beignets

Makes approx 40 beignets

Ingredients

1 cup warm water
1 packet instant yeast {2 1/4 tsp}
1/2 cup sugar divided
1 1/2 cups white flour {plus more for rolling}
1 cup cake flour
1 egg beaten
1 egg white
1 tbsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
vegetable oil for frying
powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

Combine the warm water, 1 tbsp of the sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
Stir in the egg and egg white, buttermilk, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix together both flours, remaining sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Pour into the large bowl with the wet mixture and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. {It will be extra sticky}.
Cover the bowl and place in the fridge until the dough has risen and doubled in size, at least 1 hour or up to 2 days if you make in advance.
On a well-floured surface, roll the dough into a large ¼-inch-thick rectangle.
I use a pizza wheel cutter and cut into squares around 2 or 3 inches.
In a large heavy bottomed pot or cast iron skillet, heat a few inches of oil to 350° F {about medium to medium high heat}.
Carefully drop 3-5 beignets to the oil and fry, flipping once, until golden brown. {They cook fast so about 60-90 seconds per side}.
Remove beignets with a slotted spoon to a papertowel lined baking sheet or rack.
Repeat with remaining beignet dough.
While beignets are still hot, sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar.
Serve immediately and prepare to get messy!

After letting your yeast bloom with the warm water and sugar in a bowl, add the egg and egg white, buttermilk, and vanilla.

In a separate bowl, mix together both flours, remaining sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Pour into the large bowl with the wet mixture and stir to combine.

You will have an extra sticky dough like this.

Cover and place in the fridge for an hour or up to 2 days until it has doubled in size.

In a large heavy bottomed pot, heat a few inches of oil to 350° F

{about medium to medium high heat}.

Make you you have a well-floured surface

and flour your hands and rolling pin too.

Scoop the dough out and sprinkle with flour.

Roll the dough into a large ¼-inch-thick rectangle.

I use a pizza wheel and cut into squares around 2 or 3 inches.

The perfect little beignet!

Carefully drop 3-5 beignets to the oil and fry, flipping once, until golden brown.

They will bubble and float to the surface.

They cook fast so about 60-90 seconds per side.

Remove beignets with a slotted spoon to a papertowel lined baking sheet or rack.

Repeat with remaining beignet dough.

While beignets are still hot, sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar.

Nope not enough powdered sugar.

Don’t be stingy with the sugar, y’all!

That’s more like it.

Serve immediately and prepare to get messy!

Add a hot cup of Cafe Au Lait on the side

if you want to really be on your game!

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Cafe Du Monde makes big ol’ monster sized beignets but I preferred these square size ones.

For a fun twist, Coffee Call makes Beignet Fingers! Can you believe this is the small size plate?!

This would be a great treat for the kiddos. Too bad mine were napping so I had to eat them!

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