Glazed Coffee Beignets

If Heaven is a place on earth, it’s Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. The French Quarter fixture specializes in cafe au lait and beignets. Beignets are French-style donuts that are square, rather than round, and are covered in powdered sugar – lots of it. I always have Cafe Du Monde beignet mix and coffee…

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Mardi Gras King Cake from Everyday Good Thinking by @hamiltonbeach

Mardi Gras King Cake

King Cakes are braided and iced cinnamon-roll style dough rings often associated with Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s hard to believe that hundreds of years ago, this cake started out as a tough, dry bread with sugar on top and a lima bean inside. Now, the sweet king cake, named…

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