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Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers
By Dorie Greenspan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1996
Brioche Dough : page 43
This is purported to be Julia's favorite recipe--it's certainly one of mine. The dough that results from this is rich and supple and beautiful and a pleasure to work with and, if you follow the instructions, foolproof. I've doubled it with no problems (though my stand mixer does get very hot during the long beating period), made brioche loaves, tetes of all sizes, and the magnificent sticky buns (reviewed separately), all with great results. There are other brioche recipes which work well and taste delicious, but none compares to this. When calories and fat grams are not being counted, this is the recipe.
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Pecan Sticky Buns : page 190
These are the best sticky buns there are. I make them at Christmas and made them today for Julia Child's 100th Birthday. I don't make them more often because they are insanely rich. They start with a very rich brioche dough to which is added considerably more butter. I stray from the recipe only in that I don't put chopped nuts in the filling; instead I put raisins along with the cinnamon sugar. The instructions are excellent. The only addition I would make is to say that if you have dental floss (unflavored) you can use that, by making a sort of noose and pulling it tight, to slice the rolled and filled dough. If you are trying to rush the last steps, the dental floss will smoothly cut the roll even if it is not chilled for the prescribed time.
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White Loaves : page 81
This is excellent white bread. When I want perfect toast this is it. This is also wonderful for a classic French toast, or my newest craze, French toast muffins. This recipe also can be adapted to make cinnamon raisin bread--fabulous toast.
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