Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      cup           all-purpose flour
   3      tablespoons   sugar
   1      teaspoon      baking powder
                        salt to taste
                        ground nutmeg to taste
                        ground cinnamon to taste
   1      cup           milk
   1                    egg
   1      teaspoon      vanilla extract
                        vegetable oil -- (for shallow-fat
                        -- frying)
   3      medium        ripe bananas -- peeled and cut into
   2      inch          chunks
                        powdered sugar

Preparation:

Dust a medium bowl with powdered sugar, add flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon and stir well. In a small bowl, beat together milk, egg and vanilla until well blended. Stir egg mixture in with flour mixture. Stir until smooth. In a deep skillet with 2 inches of hot oil (375 degrees). Use tongs to dip pieces of banana into batter to coat. Fry banana until golden brown, turning to brown all sides. Remove beignets and drain on paper towels. In a bowl with powdered sugar, roll each beignet to coat. Serve warm. Approximately 7 minutes.