Doughnuts, Fritters, Calas, and Related Breakfast Bread Recipes

Beignets are a big favorite in New Orleans. Basically a fried dough pastry, these beignets are made in minutes, as you start with refrigerator biscuits. Cheating, yes...but they're oh, so good!

Old-fashioned doughnut recipe with nutmeg and a little cinnamon - plain doughnuts. Plain doughnut recipe is deep fried.

Banana coconut fritter recipe with bananas, coconut, and a basic batter.

Crispy, golden, and crunchy with Pecans these are a real treat -- for breakfast or brunch. While hush puppies are usually served savory (rather than with sugar in them) and enjoyed with other fried foods, we love these for breakfast drizzled with syrup and served with breakfast meats. Sprinkled with a coating that is made with powdered...

Also known as pate de beignet a la Creole, this is a fritter batter for fruit.

Banana fritters are deep fried, made with mashed bananas and other ingredients. A banana fritter recipe.

Fresh fruit fritter recipe with apples, banana chunks, berries or your own favorite fruits.

Rice calas, a New Orleans tradition. Deep fried rice fritter recipe, known as calas.

Beignets, made with yeast and deep fried. A beignet recipe, similar to those you might find in the French Market of New Orleans, Louisiana.

New Orleans breakfast treats, including beignets, fritters, and Calas, and more.

Mashed potato doughnuts from Sandy H.

Corn fritters, made with corn, flour, eggs, and seasonings. Serve these delicious corn fritters with a dusting of powdered sugar, if desired.

Recipes for yeast breads made in the bread machine. These are donuts glazed with chocolate or vanilla icing.

Banana chunks and a little cinnamon in these banana fritters. Deep fried banana fritters spiced with cinnamon

These rice fritters are made with cooked rice, yeast, nutmeg, cinnamon and mace. Batter is deep fried in oil and served with powdered sugar like beignets.

A jelly doughnut recipe using your favorite jelly for filling. Deep fried jelly doughnuts.

Sopaipilla recipe with cinnamon sugar and cinnamon. A recipe for sopaipillas.

Honey dipped doughnuts are dipped in warm honey then in coconut. Ingredients in this spiced doughnut recipe include cinnamon, nutmeg, eggs, oil, and coconut and honey.

Cream filled doughnut are made with yeast and butter, filled with your choice of instant pudding. Cream filled doughnut recipe.

Funnel cakes are made by pouring batter through a funnel into deep hot fat. Funnel cakes recipe.

Banana chunks and a little cinnamon in these banana fritters. Deep fried banana fritters spiced with cinnamon.

Banana fritters are deep fried then served with a cinnamon sauce. Banana fritter recipe and cinnamon sauce.

Apple fritters with finely chopped apples, served with a dusting of confectioners' sugar or syrup.

These banana fritters are made with banana pieces dipped in a cinnamon batter then deep fried.

Banana chunks are battered and deep fried then served with a rich cooked cinnamon sauce.

Mashed bananas, lemon juice, eggs, and powdered sugar are among the ingredients in these tasty fritters.

This old recipe comes from the "Picayune Creole Cook Book."

Glazed doughnuts are mixed in the bread machine then deep fried; glazed with chocolate or vanilla glaze.

Delicious chocolate doughnuts with mashed potatoes and chocolate.

Savory fritters would be a nice accompaniment to any breakfast.

Yeast doughnuts are deep fried then filled with a creamy pudding mixture. Dust filled doughnuts with confectioners' sugar.

Calas are made with yeast, rice, eggs, sugar, and spices.

These fritters are made with cooked rice, vanilla, powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and oil for deep frying.

Delicious beignets, made with yeast, sugar, eggs, flour, shortening and other ingredients. Sprinkle warm beignets liberally with powdered sugar.

Serve these tasty fritters with applesauce or sweet and sour sauce.

Yeast doughnuts are filled with raspberry or strawberry jam or jelly then deep fried.

This recipe for mashed potato doughnuts was shared on our forum by Sandy H..

Deep fried breads made with cream, sugar, and flour, served with cinnamon sugar and warm honey.

This bread is quick to make, hearty and delicious. A hot piece of this bread is an ideal breakfast for kids on the go. It is nutritious, but sweet...