Hi All!!! Again, a good five months since my last post, but I have still been thinking and cooking. Yesterday, I made a delicious pan of Pecan Sticky buns, again out of my Baking with Julia cookbook. The recipe can be found on page 190 if you have the book. Anyway, it begins with a Brioche dough, which is a bread dough that begins with a sponge. You let it rise, then you add flour, eggs, and sugar. This is a very tricky dough to make, because it requires a heavy-duty mixer to knead the dough for 15 minutes straight. I like to use a Kitchenaid mixer, because of its high power output. One important think I learned was to let the mixer cool down every once in a while, or else a screw might come loose or the motor will overheat and it won't work anymore. After it kneads, you need to add butter. Always use unsalted butter, because the salt in the regular butter can retard the action of the yeast. Then, you must let the dough rise, deflate it, then chill it overnight. Afterward, you must incorporate more butter much like the way you would for a puff pastry. This is what gives the rolls their incredible layers and flakiness. THen, you paint the dough with egg, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and pecans, roll it up, and freeze these logs so that they will be easier to cut. Next, you cut them into 1 1/2 inch slices, put them in a pan that has a stick of butter and 1/2 cup of brown sugar in the bottom. let them rise, and bake them. They are so delicious!!!