Baked Bread Machine Beignets with Strawberry Sauce
Baked Bread Machine Beignets with Strawberry Sauce are the easiest doughnuts I’ve ever made! The dough is made in the bread machine, and then they’re baked in the oven. These beignets are dusted in powdered sugar and are served with a sweet strawberry dipping sauce.
The Equipment You’ll Need
- A Bread Machine- You’ll need a bread machine to make these beignets.
- A Food Scale- This is handy for weighing your flour. Properly measured flour is a big key to making great bread, and I highly recommend you use a food scale.
- An Instant Read Thermometer- This is helpful for making sure your scalded milk is the right temperature. If the milk is too hot, it will kill the yeast, and your dough won’t rise.
The Ingredients You’ll Need for Baked Bread Machine Beignets with Strawberry Sauce
- Whole milk- You’ll need whole milk for this recipe, don’t use low fat or skim milk.
- All Purpose Flour- Use all purpose flour, not bread flour.
- Active Dry Yeast- Use active dry yeast, not instant yeast.
- Strawberries- You can use frozen berries, but the color won’t be as vibrant.
How I Made my Beignets
- First, I scalded my milk. I kept a close eye on it, because it’s important not to let it boil. And, I used my thermometer to make sure the milk was at the right temperature.
- Next, I carefully measured the rest of the dough ingredients. I made sure to weigh my flour.
- Then, I put everything in the bread machine. I then made the strawberry sauce.
- Almost two hours later, I floured a cutting board and rolled the dough into a rectangle.
- I baked the beignets, and then used a small sieve to dust the them with powdered sugar.
These Baked Bread Machine Beignets with Strawberry Sauce were not only delicious, but so easy to make. I’ve deep fried beignets, in the past, and it’s a lot more work. It’s still hot here in New York, and I just didn’t feel like hanging over a pot of hot oil. Did these baked beignets taste exactly like the fried ones? No, they did not. They were heavier than the fried doughnuts, but not one bit greasy! I think the strawberry sauce compensates for the lack of fried flavor you get with a deep fried beignet. Best of all, because there was no oil involved, no one felt icky after eating these beignets, and there was no oily mess to clean up. So, if you love beignets, I hope you’ll try this quick and easy beignet recipe.
Baked Bread Machine Beignets with Strawberry Sauce
Equipment
- Bread Machine
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, chopped
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar for dough
- ¼ cup granulated sugar for sauce
- 3½ cups all purpose flour (420g)
- 1½ tsp. active dry yeast
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- ½ cup confectioner's sugar
- 1½ cups chopped strawberries
- 1½ tsp. cornstarch
- 1 tbsp. water
Instructions
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan on medium heat, until bubbles start to appear across the surface. Stir the milk occasionally, and do not let it come to a boil. Add the butter to the pot. Remove the pot from the heat and let it cool to 105 degrees.
- Add the following ingredients to your bread machine, in the order suggested by the manufacturer: the cooled milk and butter, flour, yeast, salt, sugar, egg, and vanilla.
- Process on the dough cycle. Mine takes one hour and fifty minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- On a floured board, roll the finished dough out into a quarter inch thick rectangle. Cut the dough into two inch squares. You'll have about 28 of them.
- Place the dough squares on two parchment lined baking sheets, with about two inches of space between each beignet. Bake for 12 minutes, rotating the pans between racks after six minutes. They should be light brown. Place them on a wire rack and sprinkle with the confectioner's sugar.
- To make the strawberry sauce: In a three quart saucepan over low heat, cook the strawberries, sugar, cornstarch and water on medium heat for five minutes, or until the mixture thickens. Serve with the beignets.
