Cinnamon Buns from The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking: mix the brioche dough (using a Scale and a Danish Dough Whisk), roll it out, make the filling, and bake. Click here for the Cinnamon Buns Dough Recipe. You can do the overnight rise… See below for details.

Roll out the dough, put the filling on…

roll it up into a log.

Cut the log into individual rolls. 

Put the rolls on a baking sheet prepared with parchment, you can also use a Silicone Baking Mat, covered them with plastic wrap, stuck them in the refrigerator to rise overnight, or do a ninety-minute rise at room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 350°F,

…and bake them for about 30 minutes.

As they bake, make the icing, and spread the icing over the rolls while still a bit warm, so it melts all over.

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There is nothing more American than grilling on the 4th of July, well, maybe a star spangled pizza is the most patriotic of all. This is a super fast pizza that is ideal for breakfast, which I just served my family this morning, or can be throw together at your holiday BBQ as dessert. I made the pizza in a small baking sheet, but you can make a larger one if you have a crowd to feed.

Happy 4th of July!

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Mardi Gras King Cake, named for the three kings who came to bring gifts to Jesus, is traditionally served during Mardi Gras in New Orleans and throughout the South. Not only is it decorated with the colors of the festival, but it also has a hidden trinket in the dough. I’ve used an almond, but in New Orleans bakers often use a ceramic or plastic doll to represent the baby Jesus. The person who gets the slice with the trinket is responsible for making the King Cake the following year.

There are many versions of this sweet bread, depending on the traditions of different families. Our version from Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day is made with Brioche dough which has nutmeg, cinnamon, and raisins added into it.  The dough can be Braided and/or formed into a Couronne (crown shape) as I have done here. Some bakers even use a cream cheese and praline filling, but we went with a more traditional filling.

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We’ve used Red Star Yeast in our recipes since we started writing our very first book in 2005 and trust that their products will ALWAYS get the job done with the highest quality (and rise) every time. We were super intrigued when they introduced the Platinum Instant Sourdough Yeast. It’s the perfect entry into sourdough baking, if you don’t have the days to create a sour starter, nor the hours and hours to let each loaf rise. This yeast contains real sourdough starter, which is activated along with yeast, to create an instant loaf of real sourdough, without the wait. We are thrilled with the results and can’t recommend it highly enough for anyone who wants the sourdough without the wait. Here is our Brioche recipe from Holiday and Celebration Bread Book made with the Platinum Instant Sourdough. You can use this Super Fast Sourdough Brioche for anything you’d make with Brioche, but it has the extra depth of flavor you get from a sourdough starter. The strength of that flavor will increase as the dough rests and we found that the dough behaved best within the first 3 days of storing it in the refrigerator, after that we froze the dough to use later.

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Page 35, Volumes conversion chart: 1 teaspoon is equal to 1/6 ounce, not 1/3. Metric volume is correct.

Page 85, Ingredient chart, all-purpose flour should read 6 cups | 1 pound 14 ounces | 850 grams

Page 115, Conchas, yield: Should read “Makes 8 buns”

Page 153, Whole-Grain Challah Dough, Step 2 should read “Combine the water, honey, oil, vanilla, and eggs.”

Page 173, Chocolate-Raisin Babka Bundt, Step 1: says to add milk, but the ingredient lists says water. The recipe was developed with water, but the truth is, you can use either. (The hilarious thing about this typo is that the recipe literally starts out “It’s not a typo-“)

Page 189, Truck Stop Cinnamon Rolls makes 4 rolls, not 8.

Page 225, Panettone, Step 5 should read “On baking day, grease a 6-inch panettone or brioche pan with butter.”

Page 249, Finnish Pulla, Step 9 omits using the walnuts we called for in the ingredients list on page 248. Step 9 should have ended with “Sprinkle with raw sugar (or regular granulated white sugar) and walnuts.”

Page 262, Saint Lucia Saffron Buns, Step 2 should read “… whisk together the bread flour with the potato flour.”

Page 275, Hot Cross Buns should include a yield statement at the top of the ingredients table: “Makes about 25 buns”

Page 286, Easter Raisin Bread (Mazanec), Step 2, in keeping with the ingredients list, should call for milk, not water, and read “Mix the yeast, salt, sugar, eggs, melted butter, extracts, and lemon zest with the milk in a…”