It’s been hot here.
Apparently it’s been hot everywhere (almost).
Actually, I just read that, once again, our temperatures have broken a new record with this past July now being the hottest month ever.
Well done humans!
Back to the beignets….
Elle, of Feeding my Enthusiasms, our host kitchen for the month took pity on us Babes (well, at least the Babes who bake / Babes without AC) and chose a bread that did not require an oven.
She’s been reading a book set in New Orleans and has been 
craving beignets.
Combine the craving and the hot air and she came up with the perfect challenge for the Babes.
There is, as usual, quite a diverse collection among the Babes – fillings of cheese, banana, blueberry…. Sprinklings of powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, Parmesan cheese…
Check them out – and stop by out Feeding my Enthusiasms for more info and the recipe for the Beignets... Plus get the details for being a Bread Baking Buddy this month.
And that’s it for the Babes in August…. I think the heat is still having an effect.
And the Babes are:
The Bread Baking Babes
A Messy Kitchen – Kelly
Bake My Day – Karen
blog from OUR kitchen – Elizabeth
Bread Experience – Cathy
Feeding My Enthusiasms – Elle
All Roads Lead to the Kitchen – Heather
Judy’s Gross Eats – Judy
Life’s a Feast – Jamie
Ilva Beretta Photography Blog – Ilva
Karen’s Kitchen Stories – Karen
My Diverse Kitchen — Aparna
My Kitchen In Half Cups – Tanna
Notitie Van Lien – Lien
And me…. Thyme for Cooking – KatieFrom the BBBBB (Bitchin’ Bread Baking Babe Bibliothécaire).
It really is a bit horrifying how hot it is, isn’t it? And until yesterday, we have had virtually no rain. It’s getting so it’s harder and harder to keep my head firmly buried in the sand (when I don’t emerge to scarf down a few beignets).
“The scary thing is that we are moving into an era where it will be a surprise when each new month or year isn’t one of the hottest on record” – Chris Field PhD, climate scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University
“NASA’s five hottest months on record are July 2016, July 2011, July 2015, July 2009 and August 2014. Only July 2015 was during an El Nino. Records go back to 1880. This is the 10th record hot month in a row, according to NASA.” – Seth Borenstein, “July 2016 hottest month in history of record keeping, says NASA”, Toronto Star, 16 August 2016
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/08/16/july-2016-hottest-month-in-history-of-record-keeping-says-nasa.html
Lovely round up as always Katie! Thanks!
Wonderful round up Katie! What a lovely array of beignets. I want to sample them all.
♪♫ Beautiful, beautiful beignets……. beautiful, beautiful, beig-neeeets… beautiful, beautiful beignets, I’ll never, love donuts, againnnnnnn… ♪♫
Babes, the beignets are all beautiful…. but right now I can barely think about having coffee it’s so hot here. But wouldn’t they be good with hot chocolate in front of a fire in winter? LOL
Great roundup! It’s fun to find all the beignets in one place. (I might be able to suffer the heat if I had the chance to live in France!)
Thanks, Judy – always fun to see them all and read all about everyone’s different experiences 😉