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Buttermilk Beignets

Name: Buttermilk Beignets
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups bread flour plus extra for flouring work surface; 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/2 cups buttermilk; Peanut oil for frying; 3/4 cup whole milk; Confectioners' sugar for serving, as much as you think you'll need—then double that; 4 teaspoons active dry yeast; 1/4 teaspoon salt

Up until I was about 12 years old, my parents took my sister, Tracy, and me to Easter service at St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. The only way they could keep us in check during mass was by bribing us to be good and quiet with promises of post-church beignets at Café de Monde across the street...

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