The Many Faces of French Beignets...

OH....MY....GOODNESS

I am wondering if it's all ABOUT THE POWDERED SUGAR for me...?

These are one of my favorite desserts in the whole wide entire world

and I've posted about them before.

However,

I just saw another blogger making them ...
I didn't hear back from her on getting permission to post
some of her photos, her recipe, so I have to use my very own photos.
bummer....because her photos are awesome...

I've  made several versions of
French Beignets 
but have never made them from total SCRATCH.

I think I will google for a recipe but some of the ones I've made
using short cuts have been so delicious, I may never use a recipe.... 

I am SUCH a cheater...

I ADMIT it...
I can SAY it... 

I mostly use BEIGNET MIX.

THERE...
I got it off my chest...
My secret is out.

They are TOTALLY
OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD.

...aren't they just BEAUTIFUL..?

Most people just SPRINKLE on their powdered sugar..

I SHOVEL mine on...:>)

 and with so much of the sweet powdery stuff, each bite
sends sugar sprinkles to the table and floor...
and isn't that such a delight !

As a lot of you know...
it's not all about the food for me...

it's the FUN of taking the photos of pretty foods. 

I love all the Frenchness
gathered together for this photo.

The lovely tablecloth used here has a
"Made in France"
tag
and I bought it several years ago off EBAY.

The little round French plate was a thrifty find that I can't imagine for the life of me
why ANYone would give it away.

I think these above are from PAULA DEEN...
she has a recipe HERE if you are interested in starting from scratch.

I like the semi homemade, using the Beignet mix, personally.
 

Here's a fast way to get a semblance  of a beignet...

 BEIGNET PUFFS
A cup to 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 level teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
*
Mix with milk until stiff enuf dough (but LIKE THE BISCUITS, not TOO stiff ) to roll 1/4" and cut into squares ...I sometimes just use
a round cookie cutter 'cause it's so much faster...
**
Fry in hot oil, turning to brown evenly, until a nice golden delicious brown...
After I drain them, I toss them into a ziplock bag with that luscious, lip-smackin' powdered sugar...
**
again, these "puffs" aren't the same as the wonderful and magnificent BEIGNETS...
NO WAY !
...without the YEAST flavor, it isn't a Beignet...
**
But.....they ARE good for a quick sweety snack....

If you are ever in
New Orleans,
one of your stops should be the
CAFE MUNDO.
I haven't had that pleasure YET.
(I don't have a New Orleans cup so I used my New York...
I'm such a goof ball)

I am told that all they sell is French Beignets and
COFFEE.....
and that the floor is covered in
POWDERED SUGAR.
 

Now I ask you....

how magical and wonderful is THAT...

I would LOVE to walk on a floor covered in powdered sugar....
yes indeedy....that's MY KIND OF FLOOR..!!

Another good shortcut......

I happened to have 4 cans of GRANDS biscuits that

 really needed to "do something with" 

so this morning, I used one can to make

BISCUIT PUFFS.

 MERCY ME....bring me to my knee...

 Oooooo  LaLa...

OH...the FRENCHNESS of it all...

 

Now, I ask you..

what could be better for our soul on a crisp, little bit cloudy SPRING morning

than little mountains of snowy white powdered sugar... 

resting on little nuggets of pure, fried goodness...???

 

Hard to believe that these started out as

 lowly CANNED BISCUITS...

I do love just regular biscuits ......

but every now and then, 

fried and puffed and covered in powdered sugar

is SUCH a treat for my body, soul and spirit...

it's a GREAT way to start a day

(just not too often).

I hope you have a fabulous weekend.
xoxo