Sticky Bun Fail

The May 15th recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie is Pecan Sticky Buns from the book Baking with Julia (see the sites of my fellow bloggers Nicole or Lynn for the full recipe or refer to the cookbook.

Learn more about Tuesdays with Dorie and see links to the blogs of my fellow bakers.

I did my best this two week period, but life got the better of me and I only got through the brioche dough part of the recipe.

I really enjoyed bashing the dough with the rolling pin.

My Kitchen Aid mixer is awesome.  It held up like a champ.  

My Kitchen Aid mixer is awesome.  It held up like a champ.

I froze the dough for a day and then moved it to the fridge.


Then I forgot about it for a day.


I remembered the dough 9pm Monday night in a panic.  So rather than waste it I just made brioche.

The brioche was very easy and very good.  


My husband was disappointed I didn't get through to the finished Sticky Buns, but I promised him I will give it another go soon.

Hungarian Shortbread: butter with a side of jam

The May 1st recipe for Tuesdays with Dorie is Hungarian Shortbread from the book Baking with Julia (see the sites of my fellow bloggers Lynette or Cher for the full recipe or refer to the cookbook.

Learn more about Tuesdays with Dorie and see links to the blogs of my fellow bakers.

This recipe was easier than I expected and a lot of fun.  I felt like a little kid grating dough with the big cheese grater!  When the baby gets older, I can see us grating dough and mounding powdered sugar gleefully.  I used Trappist Monk Strawberry Rhubarb jam, but I really want to try red currant jam or gooseberry.  Maybe ginger!

                                                                     My grated dough!

Yes, I forgot to transfer the dough from the freezer to fridge before work Monday, so Monday night the frozen dough-rocks were placed out at room temperature with a prayer to the kitchen gods.  Yes, while grating a couple of chunks of dough broke away from the whole and went flying across the kitchen.  But it all worked out.  It’s hard to ruin a baked good that contains four sticks of butter.

Fun, easy, and received rave reviews from all who ate it.  I am absolutely going to make this again many many times!