Quick Beignets
Ingredients:
- refrigerated flaky biscuits - 1 tube
- butter flavored shortening, for frying - 1 cup
- butter - 1/2 cup
- packed brown sugar - 1 cup
- milk - 3 T
- vanilla - 1/2 t
- chopped peanuts - 1/4 cup
Instructions:
Prepare praline sauce -- in a saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add sugar, whisk until sugar melts and begins to boil, about 5 minutes. Stir in milk, vanilla and pecans until smooth, set aside.
Separate biscuits and cut into fourths. In a skillet, melt the shortening over medium heat to 325 degrees. Fry biscuits until golden on each side. (Biscuits will cook very quickly.) Dust with powdered sugar, serve immediately with praline sauce.
