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four beignets in wood basket with star anise, cinnamon sticks, copper cutters, two more beignets, and napkin on counter

Overnight Gingerbread Beignets

4.88 from 8 votes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time 12 hours
Total Time: 12 hours 40 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
These Overnight Gingerbread Beignets are sweet, light, fluffy, perfectly spiced, and SO. GOOD. It's the perfect treat to celebrate the holiday's!

Ingredients

Beignets

  • 4 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons SAF gold instant yeast
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 3 Tablespoons salted butter
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup boiling water
  • ½ cup molasses
  • ¾ cup evaporated milk
  • 1 egg
  • Vegetable oil, for frying

Spiced Sugar

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon gingerbread spice
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Instructions

  • In a small bowl, combine butter and sugar.
  • Pour boiling water over the top of the butter and sugar mixture and stir until butter dissolves.
  • Mix in molasses.
  • Stir in evaporated milk and set aside to cool.
  • While mixture is cooling, combine flour, yeast, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg in the bowl of an electric mixer,
  • When milk mixture has cooled to lukewarm, beat in egg.
  • Pour over flour mixture and knead until dough is smooth, about 4-5 minutes.
  • Place dough in a covered container that has been sprayed with cooking spray and refrigerate overnight.
  • The next morning, combine powdered sugar and gingerbread spice. Set aside.
  • Pour 2-3 inches of oil in a Dutch oven or deep cast iron skillet, and heat oil to 360 degrees.
  • While oil is heating, roll out dough to 1/4" on a floured surface.
  • Cut out shapes, brushing off excess flour and re-rolling scraps as necessary.
  • Place beignets in hot oil, not more than 2 or 3 at a time.
  • When beignets float to top, turn over and brown on other side, 1-2 minutes.
  • Drain thoroughly and coat with spiced powdered sugar mixture.
  • Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 251kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 5gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 45mgPotassium: 265mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 118IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 2mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.