When Mark and I went to New Orleans for the weekend for the high school football finals, I bought some beignet mix b/c Katie always talks about how much she loves to get beignets when we go to New Orleans. I had been putting off (and putting off) making them b/c I thought either they would be a giant mess or a giant failure! So when she woke me up this morning, once again, begging for us to make them, I gave in, and, luckily they were neither too messy and they actually came out pretty darn good.
The recipie calls to cut then into 2 and a fourth inch squares once you roll out the dough, but I thought a cookie cutter would be easier. Strangely I couldn't find just a plain circle cutter or the right size cup to use, so we used a heart cutter. I thought the "Valentine" beignets came out pretty cute:
Here we are frying them up (that was my job):
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Katie was the sugar duster:
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Emma was the taster! (she actually helped Katie and I cut them too):
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... and the final product:
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Now I can see the girls asking for them every Sunday. (And we even made it to church this week!) My next mission is King Cake! Bon Appetite!
1 comment:
I didn't get the phone call that said "Hey Andy and Julie, we have freshly made beignets and want you to drive 13 seconds to come try them!" :)
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