Beignets (Ben-yeys) are my favorite doughnuts during summer with apricot jam. Today, I’m going to share with you an easy beignets pastry with essential ingredients that are available in every kitchen.

 Ingredients:

• 1 pot of yogurt
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• pinch of salt
• 3 tablespoons of oil
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon of  yeast powder
• Warm water
• flour

For frying:

you need a heavy frying saucepan+oil

decoration:

sugar+apricot jam

 Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir 1 tbsp of yeast powder with warm water and set aside to rise.
• After 5 minutes, add 1 pot of yogurt, 1 tbsp of sugar,3 tbsps of oil, a pinch of salt, and 1 egg. Mix all the ingredients together.
• Add purpose flour gradually to the first mixture. If you can’t form a ball add warm water to the dough until it’s fully incorporated.
• Put the dough in a bowl, cover it with a plastic bag, and allow it to rest and rise for 45 minutes.
• Place your dough on a well-floured surface, and roll the dough out to 0.5 cm.
• Cut the dough with a cutter and put them onto a floured baking sheet to rest for 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large frying saucepan (medium heat) and fry your dough until golden and brown on both sides.
• Remove from oil onto a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.

• Roll your beignets in sugar and inject 1 tsp of apricot jam in the center of each doughnut.
• Enjoy your tasteful beignets and Bon Appétit!