My family celebrated with lunch in Hot Springs last Sunday and had a great time. I have such wonderful parents and a great little brother. I wish I would have gotten the waiter to take a photo but didn't think about it.
I somehow never manage to forget taking photos of the dog.
This was Saturday and the diva needed to stretch out under the ceiling fan after our morning walk. Trust me, that is the only reason she is resting on the floor instead of the couch. Note how she knocked my decorative pillow to the floor for comfort.
I have been watching a lot of Paula Deen lately and the other day she cooked famous New Orleans dishes. Of course the dessert was beignets. I love, love, love NOLA and equally love beignets so I followed her recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 envelope active dry yeast
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 7 cups bread flour
- 1/4 cup shortening
- Nonstick spray
- Oil, for deep-frying
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
Mix water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.
In another bowl, beat the eggs, salt and evaporated milk together. Mix egg mixture to the yeast mixture. In a separate bowl, measure out the bread flour. Add 3 cups of the flour to the yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add the shortening and continue to stir while adding the remaining flour. Remove dough from the bowl, place onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray. Put dough into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a towel. Let rise in a warm place for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oil in a deep-fryer to 350 degrees F.
Roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thickness and cut into 1-inch squares. Deep-fry, flipping constantly, until they become a golden color. After beignets are fried, drain them for a few seconds on paper towels, and then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Don't they look yummy? The recipe made a lot of dough so I have several feezer bags of mix to make in the future.
Sunday afternoon Beau, Mamie and I visited his hunting lease so he could map it out with his hand-held GPS. He is not a cushy hunter who rides a 4-wheeler to a permanent stand next to a deer feeder. He treks out miles into the woods with a bow, binoculars and a climbing tree stand. He truly makes a sport out of it.On one of the roads, we happened upon this 2 star resort of a deer stand.
Pretty sure that is an old camper shell serving as the roof. I'm almost positive I once heard a girl on 16 and Pregnant say she conceived in a deer stand and remembered thinking , "You did what where?!" Well now, I understand how that can happen in a stand of such quality. If only there was a font for sarcasm.
We finally got rain and cooler temps this week. I took this picture the other morning driving to work because the clouds were insane. I sure hope our insurance agent doesn't read this blog.
We recently had dinner with our friends Cody and Tiffany at the Flying Fish in Little Rock.
I thought I would throw these in this blog post mix because Beau and I never take pictures together.
By the way, Tiffany is above the age of 14; regardless of how she looks in this picture.
And now all of you except Mom are thinking, "How did she go from beignets to a red neck camper shell covered deer stand?" What's Mom thinking? "I should have put her on ADD medication when she was in my primary care."
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