Beignets are soft, fluffy pastry balls rolled in powdered sugar and are very famous in New Orleans. They are available in a variety of shapes and forms with embellishments practically in every street corner. The pastry balls are deep fried and will only qualify for an occasional treat.
After our immensely popular buttermilk biscuits, we got about making slight changes to make a sweet version. So here we are, presenting Baked Beignets coated with our own Nutella. Don’t forget to checkout the recipe – Nutella
So what did we change from our Buttermilk biscuits – we brought down the quantity of buttermilk and increased the milk. We added a few tablespoons of Maple syrup to make it a sweet offering. Thats pretty much it.
We then took maple syrup and homemade Nutella and blended it to made it into a decadent sauce. We rolled the Beignets in the sauce and let it sit.
Baked Beignets in Nutella sauce recipe
Ingredients –
Dry ingredients –
- Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
- Baking powder – 2 tsps
- Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – 3/4 tsp
Wet Ingredients –
- Buttermilk – 1/2 cup
- Milk – 1/4 cup
- Maple syrup – 4 tbsps
- Olive oil – 6 tbsps
Nutella sauce –
- Maple syrup – 4 tbsps
- Nutella – 2 tbsps
Procedure –
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and set asideMix all the wet ingredients
- Add the dry mixture little by little to the wet mixture and combine to get a fluffy batter
- Grease an ice cream scooper with oil, scoop out the batter and lay them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 450 degrees hot oven for 12 minutes – until tops are light golden
- Turn off oven and leave inside for 3 more minutes
- Remove from oven and rest on counter for 5 minutes
- Meanwhile warm the maple syrup for the sauce and stir in the Nutella and mix well
- Spoon a tablespoon of the sauce on top of the baked beignets and let it sit for few minutes
- Serve warm and store any leftovers in the refrigerator

Baked Beignets in Nutella sauce recipe card
Bake Beignets in Nutella sauce
Fluffy Baked Beignets rolled in sweet Nutella sauce
Ingredients
Dry ingredients -
Whole wheat flour - 2 cups Baking powder - 2 tsps Baking soda - 1/2 tsp Salt - 3/4 tsp
Wet Ingredients -
Buttermilk - 1/2 cup Milk - 1/4 cup Maple syrup - 4 tbsps Olive oil - 6 tbsps
Nutella sauce -
Maple syrup - 4 tbsps Nutella - 2 tbsps
Procedure-
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and set asideMix all the wet ingredients
- Add the dry mixture little by little to the wet mixture and combine to get a fluffy batter
- Grease an ice cream scooper with oil, scoop out the batter and lay them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 450 degrees hot oven for 12 minutes – until tops are light golden
- Turn off oven and leave inside for 3 more minutes
- Remove from oven and rest on counter for 5 minutes
- Meanwhile warm the maple syrup for the sauce and stir in the Nutella and mix well
- Spoon a tablespoon of the sauce on top of the baked beignets and let it sit for few minutes Serve warm and store any leftovers in the refrigerator