Yippee! I am happy to say that this month I got my act together and baked the January BBB bread. This months Kitchen Babe is KAREN (not Lynn, sorry Karen!!!) at Bake My Day, and we traveled to Spain to bake Ensaimadas, an inconspicious looking pastry-like bun which will reveal it's little secret once cut (or bitten into)(In the words of Karen).
These delicious little buns take relatively little time to make. The dough is made with milk and eggs, making it a little bit rich.
Once the dough has risen, circles are thinly rolled and spread with pork fat. I didn't have any on hand, so I used butter.
Roll the circles into cylinders
And coil into a little bun. At this point the buns may rise for 1 hour and up to over night. Mine rose just over 1 hour.
Once baked, sprinkle the buns with powdered sugar.
These were very lovely. I really enjoyed them split and toasted, then spread with some homemade strawberry jam I found in the freezer.
Scott spread one with smoked salmon flavored cream cheese instead of butter, and declared it delicious. I wouldn't know, I hate salmon.
Visit Karen's site for the recipe, and please visit all the Babes (listed over to the right) to see their Ensaimadas. If you'd like to join us as a Bread Baking Buddy, you've got until Feb 25 to get your links to Karen.
Ole!
These delicious little buns take relatively little time to make. The dough is made with milk and eggs, making it a little bit rich.
Once the dough has risen, circles are thinly rolled and spread with pork fat. I didn't have any on hand, so I used butter.
Roll the circles into cylinders
And coil into a little bun. At this point the buns may rise for 1 hour and up to over night. Mine rose just over 1 hour.
Once baked, sprinkle the buns with powdered sugar.
These were very lovely. I really enjoyed them split and toasted, then spread with some homemade strawberry jam I found in the freezer.
Scott spread one with smoked salmon flavored cream cheese instead of butter, and declared it delicious. I wouldn't know, I hate salmon.
Visit Karen's site for the recipe, and please visit all the Babes (listed over to the right) to see their Ensaimadas. If you'd like to join us as a Bread Baking Buddy, you've got until Feb 25 to get your links to Karen.Ole!
18 comments:
They really are wonderful !!! Ciao !
psst-not Lynn (that was last month) but Karen!
Lovely pics, they look fantastic Sara and it feel so good to have you back on the baking track again!
That picture is just as light and airy as the rolls are, lovely/lovingly made Sara!
They allow salmon-haters to live in BC? ;-)
Delicious looking rolls, so delicate and sensual looking.
Whoops sorry Karen! I have fixed the post.
Natashya - I snuck it under the radar. Scott will happily eat my share of salmon so I think I'm safe. :)
Hehe.. I saw that and didn't want to wake you up ;). Thanks for the fix sweetie!
Your rolls turned out so beautifully! I think the key is how thin you were able to rolls them. They look perfect!
Lovely rolls...you can really see how rolling them created a great texture1
Mmm , with that morning sun shining over your beautiful rolls, it seems to me the ultimate breakfast
You made these look just gorgeous! I can see that I should have been more generous with the shortening before rolling them up. Wonderful job!
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those rolls in the morning sun.... tempting, tempting! I love how the ends opened up a little during baking.
They look wonderful - love all that butter... I should have used butter....
Toasted, what a great idea! Thanks! Now I can stick the rest in the freezer and take them out for breakfast and toast them up. I love how light and fluffy they turned out.
Your snails have such beautiful personalities Sara. They are a nice manageable treat especially with a baby in the house ;-)
Those snails look delicious!
These look wonderful and easy too! Thanks for the follow on twitter...it's what led me to an amazing new blog to follow!! ;)
You've got some great stuff here. Congratulations on your little one. They sure are a blessing!! I've got 3 girls (11,7 and my toddler just turned 2)...yes it goes by FAST!!
thank you Denise! Glad to find your blog too.
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