Mickey Beignets Recipe

If you have ever eaten the yummy beignets served at Disneyland’s Cafe Orleans or</em
Walt Disney World’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort then you will LOVE this recipe!
These pastries are easy to make and will surely become a favorite snack and/or breakfast treat. Enjoy!

Disneyland’s Cafe Orleans (or Walt Disney World’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort): Mickey Beignets

*makes about 4 dozen

Ingredients:

1 packet active instant dry yeast

1 1/2 cups warm water

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup evaporated milk

7 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup Crisco vegetable shortening, for frying

powdered sugar

Directions:

In a small bowl, pour the entire packet of dry yeast into warm water. Stir until dissolved. Pour into a large mixing bowl. Add sugar, salt, eggs and evaporated milk. Blend well with an electric mixer. Add in the flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill in fridge 3-4 hours or overnight, if possible.
Dump out chilled dough on a floured surface and knead until smooth and no longer sticky. Split the dough in half and set one half aside. It is easier to work with one mound at a time. Roll out to 1/8″ thickness with a lightly floured rolling pin. Using a Mickey-shaped cookie cutter, cut out as many shapes as you can then re-roll the leftover dough and cut again. Repeat. If you do not have a Mickey-shaped cookie cutter, simply use a pizza cutter and run it across the dough crosswise then again lengthwise to create 2×2″ squares.
Heat the vegetable shortening in a deep pan until it lightly smokes. Carefully drop the Mickey-shaped dough into the hot oil. Let it cook until golden brown then flip to cook the opposite side. Remove from pan and let drain on a paper towel-line plate. Repeat for remaining dough.

Place the cooked beignets on a serving platter and sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar using a sifter or large spoon.