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Air Fryer Beignets Recipe: New Orleans Beignets

Air Fryer Beignet Recipe: New Orleans Beignets

Having been born and raised in New Orleans, I regularly have a craving for the famous Cafe du Monde delicious beignets. The classic beignet is such a staple to be enjoyed while in the Big Easy, not just for Mardi Gras but also in the French Quarter with a hot cup of Cafe au Lait. Since receiving my Air Fryer, I have not stopped air frying all the foods because who needs the calories of deep frying when one can make homemade air fryer beignets at home with this easy recipe? Check out this easy and delicious Air Fryer Beignets recipe to make at home.

If you enjoyed this Air Fryer Beignets Recipe, check out these other air fryer recipe: Air Fryer Churros Recipe, Air Fryer French Toast Sticks Recipe, Air Fryer Smores Poptart Recipe, Air Fryer Toasted Perogi Recipe, easy Air Fryer Donuts.

Air Fryer Beignet Recipe: New Orleans Beignets

Air Fryer Beignets Recipe

Being a native of New Orleans, it is only natural that I would try my hand at a New Orleans classic recipe and a sweet treat enjoyed by many using my air fryer. Not only did I want to bring this French Quarter treat to my readers, but I also wanted to give everyone a skinnier, more waist-line-friendly recipe because deep fryer beignets are fatty with a capital F. I mean, they are delicious, so they are totally worth it, but skipping the step of frying the beignets in oil is a total fat saver.

Air Fryer Beignet Recipe: New Orleans Beignets

Ingredients

3 cups self-rising flour

1½ tsp salt

1 package instant yeast or active dry yeast

1 cup milk

2 TBS brown sugar

2 TBS butter

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

Powdered sugar, to taste

Air Fryer Beignet Recipe: New Orleans Beignets

Directions

Whisk flour, salt, and instant yeast mixture together in a small bowl. Heat the milk in microwave until boiling hot. Combine milk with the melted butter and sugar in a large bowl and pour the steaming milk over the top. Stir so that the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. Allow to cool to a lukewarm temp. Add the egg and vanilla to the milk mixture and mix thoroughly. Combine flour mixture with the wet ingredients and mix until a dough is formed.  Knead dough for 3-5 minutes. Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl (I used vegetable oil). Cover and allow it to rise for about 1 hour or until it has doubled in size. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough to about 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface and cut into a square shapes creating the beignet square pieces. Let the dough rest setting dough pieces aside on a cookie sheet for 30 minutes or until the risen dough have almost doubled in size.

Spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray and place the dough squares into the basket of the air fryer, making sure it remains a single layer in the basket. Depending on the type and size of your air fryer, times and temperatures will vary. I set my air fryer at 390 degrees F and set the timer to 10 minutes, flipping the beignet halfway through at about 3-4 minutes. Cook until the air-fried beignets are golden brown, remove, and place beignets parchment paper until cool enough to eat.

Top with powdered sugar, chocolate sauce, white sugar, or just a buttered side and enjoy with that hot cup of coffee!

Air Fryer Beignet Recipe: New Orleans Beignets

Air Fryer Beignet Recipe

Famous New Orleans beignet recipe which is a little lighter on the waistline since it is cooked in an air fryer!
3.40 from 5 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 9 people
Calories 180 kcal

Equipment

  • air fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 TBSP butter
  • 2 TBSP brown sugar
  • 1 pack active dry yeast
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 sprinkle powdered sugar to taste

Instructions
 

  • Whisk flour, salt, and instant yeast mixture together in a small bowl. Heat the milk in microwave until boiling hot. Combine milk with the melted butter and sugar in a large bowl and pour the steaming milk over the top. Stir so that the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. Allow to cool to a lukewarm temp. Add the egg and vanilla to the milk mixture and mix thoroughly. Combine flour mixture with the wet ingredients and mix until a dough is formed.  Knead dough for 3-5 minutes. Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl (I used vegetable oil). Cover and allow it to rise for about 1 hour or until it has doubled in size. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough to about 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface and cut into a square shapes creating the beignet square pieces. Let the dough rest setting dough pieces aside on a cookie sheet for 30 minutes or until they have almost doubled in size.
    Spray the air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray and place the dough squares into the basket of the air fryer, making sure it remains a single layer in the basket. Depending on the type and size of your air fryer, times and temperatures will vary. I set my air fryer at 390 degrees F and set the timer to 10 minutes, flipping the beignet halfway through at about 3-4 minutes. Cook until the air-fried beignets are golden brown, remove, and place beignets parchment paper until cool enough to eat.
Keyword air fryer recipe, beignet

catherine

Saturday 2nd of May 2020

I was so looking forward to this recipe... I will try it again, but dang I forgot the egg. Any ideas how to bake this off? It's rising nicely.

Debbie

Sunday 19th of April 2020

Instructions need to be altered. First, mix the flour, yeast etc. in a small bowl only to be adding the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients? That's not going to work. And 1" squares? Made for way too many. They didn't turn out to be pillows either. Solid little bread rolls. That being said, they were tasty.

Fun Snapchat Girls

Friday 17th of April 2020

Just what I was looking for!

Vanessa

Monday 23rd of March 2020

Tasted more like dinner rolls

Gerie

Wednesday 26th of February 2020

I tried making them today and had mixed results. Quarter of batch air fried as instructed in air fryer and reduced 6 minute time to 5 minutes (browned better)for second quarter of recipe with expected results. Good but missing the oil fried taste. The remaining half of recipe was air fried with a light spray of coconut oil and they had a better flavor mimicking oil fried with enough “deep fried” desire for my palate. I slit one and put in a little sugar free lemon curd and they were taken to another level of pleasure. Love this recipe and I’m sure to make again.

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