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Fried dough and sugar is the greatest combination since Daffodil and Cornelia (and better since Daffie & Corn fight sometimes). We love beignets so much that our Official Sesame & Cocoally 2020 Mardi Gras poster (see below) celebrates both beignets and sugar babies! Sugar babies are the small Australian gliding opossums that we hold dear as their populations and habitats struggle to recover from the Australia Fires.
We (Starry & Daff & Corn) tried out this recipe (reprinted below) from The Sweetest Vegan! The moment we bit into the crispy, doughy, chewy, hot, sugary, doughnut doughballs, we were IN LOVE! They came out perfectly, and that's saying something for three opossums who really are not skilled in the kitchen. Be sure to watch The Sweetest Vegan's video and try out the recipe! You'll feel like you're sitting outside at Café du Monde in the French Quarter, while also knowing no animals were harmed in the making of your beautiful doughy doughballs. If you've never had a beignet, we think they're just like a funnel cake, but shaped like a pillow, which allows for a chewy, bouncy, air-bubbly interior cased in a crispy fried outside. Now that we've written enough paragraphs and almost told our life story, we can get on to the recipe! If you make them, please let us know and invite us over. Love you xoxo
The Sweetest Vegan—Vegan Beignets Recipe
New Orleans Doughnut Café Du Monde Style Ingredients 3/4 + 1 tbsp cup warm water 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 envelope dry active yeast (about 1 teaspoon) 1/8 applesauce 3/4 tsp ener g egg replacer 1/2 cup almond milk 3 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (can use refined coconut oil) Preparation Whisk water, yeast, and sugar together and let stand for 10 minutes (yeast will froth). Pour in non dairy milk, applesauce, energ egg replacer mixture. Whisk together. Add in half of the flour and mix. Mix in vegetable shortening, then add the rest of your flour. Knead the dough into a ball and transfer into an oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and leave for two hours in a warm place. Once the dough has doubled in size, roll it out, and cut into squares. Fry about 3- 4 at a time at 350-400 degrees (F) depending on your fryer. Dry on a paper towel and immediately powder with powdered sugar. Enjoy your Beignets! And if you'd like some beignet artwork for your home, check out our Sugar Baby Beignets art prints! We also think it's cute that "beignet" means "bump" in French. Sugar Baby Beignets!
$25.00 - $500.00
Do you love Sugar Babies and Beignets but require a demure piece of home decor, a print or canvas with a subtle Mardi Gras vibe, but without all the beads and bling? This artwork is for you! Sugar Gliders, also known as Sugar Babies, are gliding possums native to Australia and surrounding areas. They are marsupials just like us (Virginia Opossums), and they love to glide from tree to tree at night, eating anything they can find (they are omnivores)! Sugar Babies found popularity in the exotic pet trade, though this type of breeding and transportation can be tragically stressful and cruel to them. If you love Sugar Babies, consider supporting Australian wildlife rescue organizations working to rehabilitate native wildlife and habitats. Australian rescues will need help rebuilding for years to come, and now is the perfect time to symbolically adopt injured or orphaned gliders. You can also check with your local animal shelter—we know for a fact that some shelters regularly take in exotic pets that owners can no longer care for. You can be a hero to animals like Sugar Babies, Bearded Dragons, Tarantulas, and countless others by learning their specific needs and adopting them from rescues instead of buying from breeders. Some of our favorite Australian Rescue friends and ways to support them: Wildcare Australia, Inc. — Donate Button Aussie Ark — Koala Ark — GoFundMe Goongerah Wombat Orphange — GoFundMe Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary & Hospital — Symbolic Adoptions Adelaide & Hills Koala Rescue (1300Koalaz) — Donate Button at Bottom of Site Archival Paper Print: Made of bright archival inks on acid-free paper. Locally printed with love on standard frame sizes, each Print is signed and sent with protective wrapping and backing. -OR- Giclée Canvas Print: Museum quality reproductions proudly made in the USA. Printed with solvent-free latex inks onto white canvas; add Magical Glitter Embellishment to make it sparkle! Signed and professionally gallery wrapped onto .75" thick spruce wood, our canvases are lightweight and ready to hang. *Glitter embellishment details are up to the discretion of the artist* *Canvases larger than 8"x12" (Big Canvases, Large Canvases, XL Canvases, etc.) will take a few weeks to ship.* Sugar Baby Beignets Mardi Gras 2020!
$25.00 - $500.00
It just isn't Mardi Gras without a plateful of sugar, and this year we've found some Sugar Babies to add that extra sweetness! Sugar Gliders, also known as Sugar Babies, are gliding possums native to Australia and surrounding areas. They are marsupials just like us (Virginia Opossums), and they love to glide from tree to tree at night, eating anything they can find (they are omnivores)! Sugar Babies found popularity in the exotic pet trade, though this type of breeding and transportation can be tragically stressful and cruel to them. If you love Sugar Babies, consider supporting Australian wildlife rescue organizations working to rehabilitate native wildlife and habitats. Australian rescues will need help rebuilding for years to come, and now is the perfect time to symbolically adopt injured or orphaned gliders. You can also check with your local animal shelter—we know for a fact that some shelters regularly take in exotic pets that owners can no longer care for. You can be a hero to animals like Sugar Babies, Bearded Dragons, Tarantulas, and countless others by learning their specific needs and adopting them from rescues instead of buying frombreeders. Some of our favorite Australian Rescue friends and ways to support them: Wildcare Australia, Inc. — Donate Button Aussie Ark — Koala Ark — GoFundMe Goongerah Wombat Orphange — GoFundMe Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary & Hospital — Symbolic Adoptions Adelaide & Hills Koala Rescue (1300Koalaz) — Donate Button at Bottom of Site Archival Paper Print: Made of bright archival inks on acid-free paper. Locally printed with love on standard frame sizes, each Print is signed and sent with protective wrapping and backing. -OR- Giclée Canvas Print: Museum quality reproductions proudly made in the USA. Printed with solvent-free latex inks onto white canvas; add Magical Glitter Embellishment to make it sparkle! Signed and professionally gallery wrapped onto .75" thick spruce wood, our canvases are lightweight and ready to hang. *Glitter embellishment details are up to the discretion of the artist* *Canvases larger than 8"x12" (Big Canvases, Large Canvases, XL Canvases, etc.) will take a few weeks to ship.* |
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