Beignets

Ahh, Beignets… I'm such a sucker for the puffy little darlin's!  I often think of New Orleans with it's sticky sweaty streets & it's happily packed to overflowing Cafe Du Monde and my heart goes pitter-patter.  The French Quarter is a place that every American should walk through at least once in their life.

So, imagine my happy dance when I found Joy the Baker posted a recipe for beignets.  I nearly squealed!  I made sure that very day that I had all the ingredients to get down to business on Saturday and BLOW MY FAMILY'S MINDS!!!

I really had no idea if I had it in me or not.  Yeast sort of freaks me out.  The many plans I had for my KitchenAid mixer have gone kapoot simply because of my fear of cooking with yeast.  Yes, I'm a wimp!  It's funny though, every single recipe I've tried involving yeast has turned out great so far!

Note to me:  Get over it!

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I admit, when I made it to this point…..I clicked on the Keurig and started yelling for hubby to GET READY!

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People are going to love me.  (Thank you Joy the Baker)

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Ohhh baby, they turned out amazing and they were so easy to make too.  I worried it would be an all-day affair….but, nope.  It was fairly quick.  All worth it!  I promise.

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Kudos to you Joy the Baker.  You might be my new BFF!

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