Morning Buns 10/6/17

10/6/17
Making Morning Buns for Prayer Breakfast.  This recipe is from America's Test Kitchen BREAD ILLUSTRATED. Although similar to Cinnamon Buns, the dough for this morning treat is butter laden like a croissant. Rather than use a butter block to incorporated layers of butter into the dough, this recipe employs the "blitz" technique. Chunks of butter are left whole throughout the dough. This creates many layers of flaky bread. The buns are shaped like cinnamon buns and baked in a muffin tin. The troubleshooting information provided by the cookbook states the ingredients must be kept chilled. If not, the butter will melt and coat the flour holding the layers together. Don't you love food science!!

Here is the result. These were well received by my Prayer Breakfast group and my friend Anita. Anita receives the leftovers each week!!

My own troubleshooting:  The butter heavy dough did not rise easily and I will allow more rising time on the next attempt for a lighter dough.