French Market Beignets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups water
1 (1/4 ounce) packet yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
7 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup Crisco shortening, softened
confectioners' sugar
oil (for deep frying)

Preparation

Put 1 1/2 cups warm water in a large bowl, sprinkle yeast over the water then stir well to dissolve the yeast When the yeast is dissolved and frothing add sugar, salt& milk.
Beat the two eggs and add to the bowl.
Add crisco.
Stir well and slowly add the 7 cups of flour.
Stir until the flour is well mixed in and the dough is in a big ball, cover with plastic and place in the fridge overnight Next day rollsmall pieces of dough on a floured board.
Roll as thin as you can and cut into 2\" squares.Make a double slash through the center of each square. This helps the center cook through.
Fry in 360F oil for about 3 minutes until light brown.
Shake the beignets in a bag in confectioner's sugar C'est Bon.