I'm in heaven
Jeff & Zoë, you've done it again!
Trader Joe's Pecan Sticky Buns are a favorite in this household, but like many of TJ's items, you never know when they're going to run out... and they ran out about a month ago.
When I saw the recipe for Sticky Pecan Caramel Rolls in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, I knew I had to give them a try. I had a batch of the Master Recipe in the fridge, so this morning I rolled up my sleeves and started throwing flour around.
We have a box of pecans from R's tree in AZ and he's been shelling them this week. I had more than enough for the rolls.
Because the dough is softer than what I'm used to, I was a little worried about their appearance before rising. It looked like I was going to have 8 blobs of bread... bread with cinnamon, sugar, and pecans inside. Well, that wouldn't be *so* bad, would it?
Before rising
40 min in the oven and they were magically transformed into spiral rolls sitting in a bubbling layer of sugar, butter, and pecans.
Hot out of the oven (and still bubbling!)
Turning them out was easier than I thought.
Turned out (great)
I was going to take a photo of a plated roll, but they were eaten as soon as they were served.
Perfect bread
Will I make them again? Absolutely.
Will I do anything different? My cutting board wasn't large enough to roll the dough to a 1/8"-1/4" thickness, so the spirals are a little thick. They're still tender and tasty, but next time I'll roll the dough out on the kitchen table to get thinner spirals.
Trader Joe's Pecan Sticky Buns are a favorite in this household, but like many of TJ's items, you never know when they're going to run out... and they ran out about a month ago.
When I saw the recipe for Sticky Pecan Caramel Rolls in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, I knew I had to give them a try. I had a batch of the Master Recipe in the fridge, so this morning I rolled up my sleeves and started throwing flour around.
We have a box of pecans from R's tree in AZ and he's been shelling them this week. I had more than enough for the rolls.
Because the dough is softer than what I'm used to, I was a little worried about their appearance before rising. It looked like I was going to have 8 blobs of bread... bread with cinnamon, sugar, and pecans inside. Well, that wouldn't be *so* bad, would it?
Before rising
40 min in the oven and they were magically transformed into spiral rolls sitting in a bubbling layer of sugar, butter, and pecans.
Hot out of the oven (and still bubbling!)
Turning them out was easier than I thought.
Turned out (great)
I was going to take a photo of a plated roll, but they were eaten as soon as they were served.
Perfect bread
Will I make them again? Absolutely.
Will I do anything different? My cutting board wasn't large enough to roll the dough to a 1/8"-1/4" thickness, so the spirals are a little thick. They're still tender and tasty, but next time I'll roll the dough out on the kitchen table to get thinner spirals.
4 Comments:
Wow, my mouth is completely watering. Yum.
By
Teenuh, at 3/20/2009 3:23 PM
No frickin' fair. You should put out warnings before putting up a post like that! Here I am, drinking my morning coffee, waiting for breakfast, have not had ANYTHING remotely like a sticky bun in ages...
sigh.
Definitely not fair.
One question though- are these baked in an oven or on the stove in a dutch oven? (keeping my fingers crossed as ovens are not part of most Indian kitchens...)
By
Cindy/Snid, at 3/20/2009 9:03 PM
OMG. Jealous.
By
theknitist, at 3/20/2009 11:29 PM
"We have a box of pecans from R's tree in AZ..."
I love this sentence because it makes it sound like R has a pecan tree in AZ, but that's the ONLY thing he has there. Just a pecan tree. Heh.
By
Emy, at 3/21/2009 12:21 PM
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