Heirloom beignets

My husband and I recently made a quick stop in New Orleans and took time to head over to Café Du Monde. If you are not familiar with this establishment, they are known for café au lait (coffee with milk) and beignets, (pronounced “ben-yay”). Beignets may not look like a fancy pastry. They are typically a simple square piece of dough fried to a deep golden brown and mounded with powder sugar. But w…