King Cake Beignets – A Taste of Mardi Gras at Home

Now that the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day is over, we are moving our celebration train right into Mardi Gras! Growing up 3 hours from my beloved city of New Orleans, we KNEW about Mardi Gras and at King Cake EVERY year?! What is better than day made for indulgence. AND, what better way to indulge than to take two New Orleans classics and combine them into one delicious treat. King Cake Beignets take my favorite New Orleans treat and adds a Mardi Gras twist that you can make at home in your own kitchen.

See Below for Step x Step Instructions (including pictures) on how to make these King Cake Beignets!

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Gather Your Ingredients to Make King Cake Beignets:

• Dry Yeast
• Evaporated Milk
• sugar
• egg
• all-purpose flour
• vegetable oil
• powdered sugar
• lemon juice
• green sanding sugar
• purple sanding sugar
• gold sanding sugar

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Make and Fry Your Beignets:

STEP 1: Make beignets by following this recipe for Classic Beignets. They are light and fluffy and perfect pillows of fried dough. Instead of sprinkling powdered sugar on top of beignets, make king cake icing for dipping the beignets.

Make Your Icing:

STEP 2: Make the icing by mixing together powdered sugar, lemon juice and water together in a bowl until smooth.
STEP 3: When beignets have cooled enough to handle, dip one side into the powdered sugar glaze.
STEP 4: Place on a plate and immediately sprinkle with purple, green and gold sanding sugar.

For more Ideas to Celebrate Mardi Gras at Home, check out the following Ideas:

• For sweet treats, check out Easy King Cake, Mini Bananas Foster Cinnamon Rolls, or Chocolate Pralines
• For a breakfast option, try Bananas Foster Pancakes
• For some savory options, try Shrimp Beignets, Shrimp Boil Skewers or Crockpot Red Beans & Rice

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