Description
These sweet puffy confections with chopped apple are drizzled with caramel sauce and dusted with cinnamon.
Ingredients
- ½ cup 2% milk
- ½ cup apple cider
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 tablespoon Stevia In The Raw®
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 eggs
- 1 granny smith apple, cored and finely diced
- ½ cup Sugar In The Raw®
- ¼ cup Stevia In The Raw®
- ¼ cup water
- ⅓ cup apple cider
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 cups vegetable oil for frying
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan
- bring milk
- 1/2 cup cider
- butter
- 1 tablespoon Stevia In The Raw
- and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil.
- Immediately add flour and cinnamon and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon on the heat until mixture comes together. Continue stirring until dough is smooth and pulls away from sides of pan.
- Transfer dough to bowl or stand mixer and cool 10 minutes
- stirring occasionally. Add eggs one at a time
- stirring to completely incorporate each egg before adding the next. Dough should be smooth and shiny. Stir in apples. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan
- combine Sugar In The Raw®
- 1/4 cup Stevia In The Raw
- and 1/4 cup water. Cook
- stirring
- over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and cook syrup until deep amber colored
- swirling pan as needed to prevent burning.
- Remove from heat and slowly add 1/3 cup cider. Stir until smooth. If caramel seems runny
- simmer to reduce until thickened and syrupy. Stir in vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
- In a large heavy pot or deep skillet
- heat oil to 365 degrees F.
- Drop tablespoons of dough into oil in batches of 8 and cook until golden all over.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- To serve
- drizzle beignets with caramel sauce and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Prep Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 8