Golden and glistening, fluffy and fried, dough dusted in sinful, snowy white powdered sugar eagerly awaits a bowl of honey on the side. Sounds like a lovely dessert, doesn’t it?
Oh, my friends, this is no mere dessert; it is in fact the breakfast of your dreams. You have never seen anything so beautiful at 8:00 in the morning before heading to class.
Beignets, pronounced “ben-yay,” originated with the Acadian French who first settled South Louisiana.
This one’s a solid, southern New Orleans recipe that won’t leave you wanting before heading out the door.
There are plenty of recipes out there for this breakfast treat, both entirely from scratch and done with a pre-made mix. In my humble opinion, you can not find any better beignets to be made than those made with Café Du Monde’s beignet mix, but I’ve provided the from scratch recipe for all of the die-hards out there.
To order the Du Monde mix, simply go to cafedumonde.com or you can probably find it at your local specialty store as well.
