Croissants
My idea of heaven would be a place I where could succumb entirely to gluttony and suffer no negative consequences. I would gorge myself on pastries. I would eat croissants for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. And after that, I might as well go ahead and wash it down with a big glass of melted butter. Because, as it turns out, a croissant is pretty much a stick of butter wrapped in a thin layer of dough. This is what I learned when I made them. No wonder they're so tasty.
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| Yep. That's a loaf-shaped glob of butter right there. |
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| The dough gets wrapped around the butter... |
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| ...then it all gets rolled into fine sheets of buttery-goodness. |
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| After rolling and stuffing and rolling and baking...this is what comes out. |
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| Nothing tastes as good as fresh-from-the-oven homemade croissants. They were so close to perfection that I think I wept a little with every bite. You can find a terrific blog post with step-by-step instructions and the recipe here. Pumpkin Cranberry Yeast Bread Another recipe I tackled from Baking with Julia is the pumpkin cranberry (yeast) bread. I gotta say, I was entirely unimpressed with the recipe. It was good, but not great. Apparently, though, it was good enough for me to wolf down before getting a picture of the bread *after* it was baked. Alas, here is the only picture I have - right before going in the oven.  Sticky Buns Did I tell you I also made sticky buns? It's true. I so did. I have been a bad, bad girl. This recipe from Baking with Julia uses brioche dough for the buns, which are filled with pecans and lots of sugar.  Happy eating! |
