Sticky Buns

So tonight I was finally able to make the Sticky Bun recipe I got from the Flour Cookbook. The recipe is two recipes in one. First you need to make a brioche dough at least one day before you can start the sticky buns. The dough needs to proof overnight. So after I got home from work I made the "Goo" that gives the sticky buns its stickiness. Once that was complete I rolled out the dough and filled it with the sugar and pecan filling and rolled it it up like a jelly roll. Then you have to let the buns proof again in the "Goo" for a few hours. once they were proofed I baked them for 35 minutes. Let me tell you they were worth the time and effort. Of course I had to have one tonight and it was amazing. I can't wait to make these again. Check out the pictures below that show all the steps I took.

The Brioche Dough

Buns proofing

The finished product

Banana Bread

Tonight I tried a new recipe for Banana bread. I bought this amazing cookbook by the owner and baker of Flour Bakery in Boston, and it is full of all these decadent recipes. I decided to start off with the banana bread since I had a bunch of bananas that were fully ripe. Anytime I make any type of bread I always just cream the eggs and sugar together for a minute or two, but with this recipe it states to mix for 4 minutes until the egg mixture is fluffy and airy. This makes sense to make a great base for the bread so it's not overly dense. Well the bread came out great and my house now smells wonderful. I hope I can keep the family away from it until tomorrow....doubt it.

In addition to making the banana bread I also made a brioche dough. I am planning on making sticky buns tomorrow and in order to make anything with brioche dough you need to make it the day before so the dough can proof overnight. This is not a dough you can make in a few minutes there are multiple steps and each part takes at least 5 minutes. The dough was probably mixing for over 30 minutes. I don't think my Kitchen Aid (my baby) has even turned so hot from mixing before. The dough looked like the description in the book. I guess tomorrow I will find out if it turns out good. Pictures will follow.