No Yeast Puff Puff — a tasty variety of the traditional popular African snacks Puff Puff which is made of self-rising flour instead of yeast, sugar, beer, egg and oil. No need to wait long to get a bite of these delicious treats. Great for breakfast and parties too!
If you have ever traveled to a West African country or attended a West African gathering chances are you have tasted this fried dough. It is an extremely popular West African snack food that is sold on every street corner imaginable and goes under different aliases.
Ghanaians call it Bofrot (togbei), Congolese call it mikate, gbofloto in Ivory Coast; Cameroonians and Nigerians call it Puff-Puff or African beignet in other parts of Africa.
I have made the original yeast puff -puff recipe featured here and of course couldn’t help but jazz it up with another variation – coconut puff puff. Not to be forgotten is this African doughnut, which is basically cake doughnut.
Today, the honor goes to this no yeast beer puff puff. I love this childhood favorite snack of mine that am not going to end here – certainly not! It would not be my last puff puff.
Can you blame me? They are simple, and straight forward to make, and a crowd pleaser.
What sells this recipe is the length of time it takes to make it. This deep fried bread is for those times when you don’t have the patience to wait for the yeast to do it ‘s magic.It taste just like beer bread only this one is even better- Fried.
Instead of yeast, it is made with self-rising flour -in a gratifying short time -less than 15 minutes you will be biting into it! I decided to include beer in this recipe to make it tender, airy and flavorful.
All you need is self-rising flour, sugar, beer, egg and oil. This snack was mainly served for breakfast , but today , especially with Africans living abroad . It is a must for parties. So go ahead and save this recipe when the craving kicks in. You can roll this puff puff in cinnamon sugar, if you like. Enjoy for breakfast with coffee, tea or African snack.
Watch How to Make It
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No Yeast Puff Puff
Ingredients
- 3 cups (375 g) Self-rising flour
- ½ cup (100 g) sugar
- ½ cup (124.69 ml) beer , I used Heineken
- 1 large egg
- 1 ¼ cup (296.25 ml) water
- ½ teaspoons (1 g) nutmeg , optional
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- In a large, sauce pan pour vegetable oil, until it is at least 3 inches (or about 5 centimeters) high (too little will result in flatter balls), and place on medium heat until oil is 375 degrees.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl mix all the dry ingredients, flour, and sugar.
- Stir in the water, eggs, beer ; mix well until everything has been fully incorporated. The batter should be smooth, thick and spoon able.
- I use my hands to scoop up the batter; you can do the same or use 2 spoons – one to scoop up the batter, and another spoon or spatula to drop it in the oil- in the shape of a ball. Do not overcrowd the pan. Do so in batches
- Fry for a few minutes until the bottom side is golden brown.
- Turn the ball over and fry for a few more minutes until the other side is golden brown.
- Use a large spoon or something like that to take it out of the oil. I usually place them on napkins right away to soak up some of the excess oil.
- Roll in cinnamon sugar as soon as you remove from the pan or deep in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar , if you want to go the cinnamon sugar route.
- Best serve warm
Tips & Notes:
3 cups flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt Cinnamon sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Nutrition Information:
Deedee says
Perfect! Loved the texture too♥️
ImmaculateBites says
Yay! Glad you loved it, Deedee!
Ayite says
I tried on ur recipes and the result was just great
ImmaculateBites says
Thank you, Ayite! Glad you loved it :).
Sophia nze says
Please what can use in place of the beer and of course not yeast .thanks
ImmaculateBites says
Hi Sophia! You can replace it with water, lime soda, sprite or Mountain Dew. Do let me know how it turns out for you!
Faith says
Can I use ginger beer.
ImmaculateBites says
Yes you can.
Ify says
Hello. Thank you for this recipe
Cant wait to try it. But can I replace the beer with milk?
ImmaculateBites says
Yes you sure can.
Veronica Ursula Enninful says
I tried this today after work. So tasty and beautiful looking. Thank you.
Lise says
Thank you so much for this recipe. I tried it with Mountain Dew and it came out good. I’ve tried to make puff puff using other recipes but it didn’t work ! This was so easy and quick. So yummy with crunchy peanut butter !! Thanks again Imma
imma africanbites says
Thank you also for sharing your feedback, Lise. Glad it turned out great for you. ANd peanut butter sounds fantastic with this!
Yinka says
Can l remove beer from the recipe
ImmaculateBites says
You can with good results.replace with water , lime soda, sprite or Mountain Dew.
Ella says
Good morning,do you have a school and where are you at?
imma africanbites says
Hi. I’m in California, US and I don’t handle culinary classes. Happy Monday!
Cvon says
Would like to try this, however, do not like beer the smell or taste. What can be substituted for beer?
ImmaculateBites says
You can replace with water , lime soda, sprite or Mountain Dew.
Kelseya says
My Puff puff doesn’t come out round especially during the last batches. They have this irregular shape like 8 lol and long. Do u know what the problem might be? I reduced the amount of baking powder to 3 tsp instead of 4 tsp per 3 cups of flour as u suggested but no change.
ImmaculateBites says
Happy New Year Kelsey ! Girl it happens to me sometimes, try making sure its thoroughly mixed. And add about 2 extra tablespoons of water to the entire mixture of puff puff, it helps .
Kelsey says
My Puff puff doesn’t come out round especially during the last batches. They have this irregular shape like 8 lol and long. Do u know what the problem might be? I reduced the amount of baking powder to 3 tsp instead of 4 tsp per 3 cups of flour as u suggested but no change.
Angeline says
Hi
I ran out of yeast and i was craving puff puff.I stumbled on this recipe,tried it and they turned out perfect .really love it.Thanks very much.By the way i love your recipes.
imma africanbites says
Glad to hear it turned out well for you, Angeline! Thanks for sharing your feedback.
bill marsano says
To all: yes, the yeast in beer is dead as a smelt by bottling time (otherwise they’d have to use very heavy, thick bottles as in champagne, which does (at the time of FIRST fermentation) have live yeast in the bottle. In olden times, before this was known, bottles would explode regularly. That ended with the creation of the thick-walled bottles, which often weigh more than 2 lbs each.
To Jane: these puffs or buns are very much like Italian zeppole. It would be a treat if you could arrange to make them at the wedding celebration–guests would love it.
ImmaculateBites says
Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to share with us Bill. It’s going to go a long way in helping out other readers.
Victoria says
Please what size of cup are we referring to? 100 ml or 200 ml cup
imma africanbites says
Hi. I’ve already updated the recipe box to easily reflect the conversions from cups to ml or g. Hope that helps.
Dorothy Sue says
Hello Imma
Thanks for this beautiful website.
I have been secretly trying recipes and most of all this particular one can’t be left out.It was so good then I did a second one with fermented beet juice and coconut and my family so loved it.
Thank you
ImmaculateBites says
Oh WOW! That’s a fab combo!
Bunmi says
Hello…what else can i use to replace d measuring cup and d cinnamon sugar..thanks…
ImmaculateBites says
You can leave out the cinnamon sugar. 1 cup is about 128grams , if using a scale you can measure it out.
Omolola says
I tried this yesterday but dint turn out well, I want to try it again pls do you use lukewarm water or ordinary water. Thanks
ImmaculateBites says
I use ordinary water. Be sure to double check your measurements . Make sure you are using the right cups.