For the holidays, my family received a lot of Amazon money, so we raked together all our plastic gift cards and bought an Air Fryer*. Which was awesome. And surprisingly cheap. Anyways, I've been rifling through recipes trying to find some good things to fry up....and today I stumbled across a seemingly tame Air Fryer Beignet recipe on AllRecipes. I was like, 'Oooh, those look really good in the picture and don't require proofing! Yay!'
Uh, not yay.
I made the dough as instructed. It looked like dough. I smiled inwardly at my success. Then I preheated my Air Fryer to the desired 370 degrees, divided the dough with an ice cream scoop, and plopped them into my mini making trays. Baked for around 20 minutes.
It smelled great. Anticipation built. I really hyped up the recipe to my parents, too. Imagine three idiots crowded around an Air Fryer, licking our chops as we smell the rich, vanilla-scented air and wait patiently for the timer to beep.
And then, when the timer did beep, the look of confusion on our faces.
The beignets were....like little puffed up cake balls. Super, super dense. Not fluffy at all. Crinkly around the edges instead of smooth like the batter I put in. At least it tasted good, you may be thinking.
Ha.
Ha.
Ha.
If wall had a flavor, this would be it.
So, I warn you, fellow citizens, do not attempt this terrible, horrible, no-good beignet recipe. And always look at recipe reviews before baking something from a website. Not like me, who completely ignored the 2.5 stars this absolute beauty rightfully deserved.
The only way to learn is through failure, so share your recipe goofs in the comments section! I'd love to hear from you! This is Emma, signing off.
*Cosori, 3 Qt. Air Fryer--10/10, highly recommend
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