This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Brioche Sticky Buns is a recipe that requires a bit of backwards planning but there;s nothing particularly difficult about it. I planned to eat these on Sunday morning so I started the process on Saturday afternoon – the dough needs to rise a couple of different times before an overnight stint in the fridge so as long as you get your timing right, these are a great weekend morning treat!
zthe dough spends some time rising in a warm place first – my oven’s “proof” setting – so handy! Then it spends about 2 hours proofing in the fridge during which time you need to keep deflating it every 30 minutes (just lifting it and letting it drop back in the bowl). After that, you cover it in plastic and leave it overnight to rest.
The next morning, you simply take it out of the fridge, roll it out and cover it with a mixture of sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon, roll the dough tightly and cut into rolls. I made 1/4 of the brioche dough to make 4 rolls. These are plaed in a tray on top of a caramel sauce to proof again for a couple of hours in a warm place.
As you can see from the image in the book, I didn’t get quite as many layers of the filling because I found the dough hard to roll tightly… Oh well, I hoped for the best.
These baked for 25 minutes at 375˚F and were *pretty* golden on the top side – I was worried I had overbaked,,,
I had been worried about the excessive amount of caramel (hence the parchment paper!) – and indeed, I only used half of what was made, this seemed curious to me… The caramel was somehow absorbed mostly into the buns to form a caramalized topping which really was quite delightful. A side-bu-side comparison shows I think I did a pretty good job! The buns even stayed together!
While mine did not have much of the cinnamon-sugar filling the interior was lovely and fluffy! I honestly could have done without the filling personally and just had caramelized brioche!
Neil and I were headed out for a mid-morning run so I thought these would be great fuel! I delivered one to him at his desk – luckily he moved fast to retrieve it from *someone* who likes to hide behind his monitor 😉
These were *lovely* – an excellent ROI for all the planning! Dorie’s brioche recipe never fails!
Get the recipe for Brioche Sticky Buns on p 31 of Baking with Dorie.
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Kitty approved — best kind of sticky buns!
These are delicious and worth the work!
Your buns look great – even Cole was in. The caramel sauce was so good.
I’m very into your caramelized brioche treats!
Kudos to you for all that work for 4 buns. Glad that you and Neil enjoyed the weekend treat. These were fantastic and a nice treat.