Mickey Beignets

Ingredients:

3/4 cup lukewarm water

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 Envelope Active Dry Yeast

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup evaporated milk

3-1/2 cup bread flour

2 tbsp shortening

4 cups oil for frying

1/2 cup powdered sugar

Optional Toppings:

• Ice-cream
• Whipped cream
• Berry Jams
• Hot Fudge
• Salted Caramel

Directions/Instructions:

1. In a bowl, add lukewarm water, sugar, and yeast.  Stir to combine and let sit for 10-15 mins.
2. In a separate bowl combine evaporated milk, salt, and egg.  Once the yeast mixture is foamy, add in the milk mixture. 
3. Then add shortening and flour to the mixture and combine.  Once the dough forms a ball, put on a floured surface, and knead well.  Grease a bowl and place the dough and cover with a towel.  Let sit for 2 hours.  It should be double in size.
4. Dust the counter and roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thick.  Use a Mickey cookie cutter to punch out the dough.
5. Heat oil to 350 deg C and get a wire rack ready.  Fry Beignets for 1-2 mins per side.
6. Dust with powdered sugar or place Beignets with powdered sugar in a paper bag and shake.  Add a side of your favorite jam and dig in! 

Other Flavor:

Double Chocolate:

Add 2 tbsp Cocoa powder into dough batter.  Dust with Cocoa powder and powdered sugar

Mint Chocolate:

Add 1 tbsp peppermint extract and 2 tbsp Cocoa powder into dough batter.

Pumpkin Spice:

Add 2 tbsp Pumpkin Pie spice (ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice or cloves)

Hot Chocolate:

Dust with Cocoa powdered instead of powdered sugar.  Heat up fudge syrup to drizzle over.  top with marshmallow

Candy Cane:

Add 1 tbsp peppermint extract into dough batter.