So...every week for the past several months, I think "this is the week...." and Tuesday comes and goes so fast (let alone the other six days of the week!!) and I admit defeat...and then think "maybe NEXT week..."
Turning the page on yet another month made me think "now or never"--let alone feeling the worry of being deleted from the club's blog roll! (Maybe I already am??) But I'm going to give it the college try...I'm back among the Tuesdays with Dorie throng! I knew it when I read the February recipes that February will be the month I get back into the swing of it!!
But understand it's been with good reason that I made such a break from the kitchen and our TWD baking club! And here he is!!
So since I'm not making this comeback on a Tuesday, I AM still posting a Dorie recipe-but not one from our 'bible' "Baking: From my Home to Yours"--instead I'm sharing one of her recipes that she wrote up in the Dec 09 issue of Bon Appetit, and one that I tried over the holidays! It was amazing!! In the issue, she made Pecan Sticky Buns with a spiced dough base--a dough that she describes is just as luxurious as brioche dough (brioche being the norm for her pecan sticky buns), but not as rich, and amped up with some spices. If you are even THINKING about trying this-do it. It was the first time I attempted Pecan Sticky Buns, and although it was a longish process, it was so.worth.the.ride....oh my Goodness...not since the French Pear Tart have I felt that feeling of "wow, did I REALLY make this??!"
Here's the play by play!!!
Once made and risen, here is the spiced dough all rolled up and nowhere to go!
wow, they could be twins....
Rolled up and cut up....ready for next rising....
the dough was all nestled, snug in their beds-while visions of sticky buns danced in their heads...
Above is post rising, pre baking.......and here is post-baking, pre 'flipping' (and I really need to learn a graceful way of flipping a 9x13 glass dish upside down onto a cookie sheet..)
Post the stressful flipping...
Voila! mmmm...these were so amazing..I can't even begin to tell you. I felt SO PROUD to have made something so involved.....We did not finish them all only because I KNEW that they must have a week's worth of sugar/fat content in just one...(ya, one what? One BITE maybe?!)
Post the stressful flipping...
Voila! mmmm...these were so amazing..I can't even begin to tell you. I felt SO PROUD to have made something so involved.....We did not finish them all only because I KNEW that they must have a week's worth of sugar/fat content in just one...(ya, one what? One BITE maybe?!)Heaven on a plate!
THANK YOU DORIE! I'm loving that spiced dough and will use it for more things for sure!!
4 comments:
Hi Lisa-
Glad to see that you're back. I was/am on hiatus too. Must be the name. Your son is ADORABLE!! Thanks for sharing all the pictures of your sweets and sweetie-
Well, although I've a far less fancy name than miss magicsprinkles I'm still here. I'm proud you're back in the kitchen and baking so soon. I don't think I so much as boiled water for the first two years of my daughter's life. And as for the sticky buns -- oh, beHAVE! -- they look wonderful. And your little boy looks even sweeter. Keep rockin that kitchen, Bake.
Welcome back!! That little guy is a fabulous reason for not being around here. And those sticky buns look outstanding!
YOU MADE STICKY BUNS!!! I bet they were amazing - they look amazing. That little sweetie of yours is sure going to be happy to have such a rockin' bakin' momma once he is able to eat these sorts of things.
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