Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Pecan Honey Sticky Buns - Tuesdays with Dorie

Pecan Honey Stickey Buns
Pecan Sticky Buns (page 51) of Dorie Greenspan's Baking from my Home to Yours book.
(By the way, holy smokes! This is a bargain book on Amazon right now! Only $12.99!!!)

Pecan Honey Stickey Buns
Today's Tuesdays with Dorie selection is from Madam Chow!

This recipe uses 1/2 a brioche dough. Because a batch uses three sticks of butter...Brioche is simply a butter-delivery device! The butter took forever to mix in and I felt my dough wasn't as smooth or satiny as it should be. I've never used the dough hook before on the KitchenAid and was lucky to find it!

This recipe was a labor. Not necessarily a labor of love, but a labor. It was my fault because I didn't start earlier in the weekend...I was up til close to midnight with the dough, and then up at 4:00 am so I can shape the dough and let it rise before baking. Bad timing on my part...

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About to go into the oven...

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...fresh from the oven

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As soon as it comes out, invert onto a plate.

Be sure to check out the other creations of the Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!!

10 comments:

  1. Heather BMay 27, 2008 at 7:54 PM

    yum! Your buns look delicious!

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  2. AnonymousMay 27, 2008 at 8:04 PM

    Those are beautiful! I love the close-ups from your new camera. I can almost taste the sweet-sticky flavor.

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  3. AnonymousMay 27, 2008 at 8:32 PM

    Ha! Brioche IS a butter-delivery device. Truer words were never written. ;)

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  4. mimiMay 27, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    wow, your sticky buns came out gorgeous! love how smooth the glaze looks.

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  5. AnonymousMay 28, 2008 at 5:14 AM

    These look wonderful! I had some second thoughts about all that butter, but then I got over it!

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  6. Engineer BakerMay 28, 2008 at 6:10 AM

    Butter delivery device - hahahaha, so true! They turned out beautifully though!

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  7. Shari@Whisk: a food blogMay 28, 2008 at 10:41 AM

    Thanks for the tip about the book being on sale - good gifts for friends! Your sticky buns turned out great!
    Shari@Whisk: a food blog

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  8. MariMay 29, 2008 at 1:40 AM

    I just love seeing photos of the process, the rulers and measuring tapes, random bits of flour and sugar, baking sheets covered with Silpat or sheets of baking paper, it's great to see how my fellow bakers work.

    Your buns look fabulous, btw, your pictures are excellent!

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  9. LyBMay 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    They look just perfect! I love the shot of the inverted Pyrex dish, very nice! :)

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  10. LindaMay 30, 2008 at 8:43 PM

    to bed at midnight, up at 4am... you are a trooper sacrificing sleep for the decadent looking buns! beautiful results!!

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