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(I decided to roll my sticky dough balls in cinnamon sugar instead of making the honey caramel)
Despite their little oven-sauna session, still, no rising. Oh well, I'll bake em anyway!
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I prepared the (delicious) filling with little difficulty (besides the fact that I had to add extra cornstarch because it was not thickening up). When my buns had cooled, I decided they would NOT be able to be filled. They were not light and airy enough to have room inside for filling! I said I would just cut them in half like a bagel, and slather on some of the pastry cream like you would butter. BUT Daniel seemed to think it could work the original way...
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Uhhhh no. It was too dense to fill, and too fragile and crumbly the handle the stress. FAIL!
So we did this...
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Overall - Not my cuppa tea. Though i am POSITIVE that we didn't enjoy them because they did not rise. They were like dense little biscuits. If I were not so cursed with yeast, these probably would have been very good - the pastry filling was EXCELLENT. Once I master the use of yeast, WHICH I AM DETERMINED TO DO, I will certainly come back to this recipe.
I hope everyone else's came out better than mine! Be sure to check the other bloggers' versions of Sweet Melissa's Bee Stings!
16 comments:
I have never made anything with yeast out of fear that I would have your same problem. Sorry they did not work out. A for effort!
thanks for baking with me this week!! yeast is a tricky beast and the first time i used it i ended up with a rock! now that i have learned how to work with it, i love it. keep trying! i'm glad you were able to make do :) try the tips in my blog next time if you want to make these again, and i also hear that warming the milk a little helps too
I had the same problem with my dough - it just didn't cooperate. I love your idea to top them with cinnamon sugar - they look delicious :)
I fought with the yeast too. I like the pastry cream improv! nice
Sorry these didn't work out for you. I'm glad this recipe gave me a little more experience with yeast, as I don't bake with it often. I agree that the pastry cream was delicious!
Bummer they didn't turn out for you. Mine were a bit dense, too.
When I saw the title of this post, I was picturing the traditional german bee sting cake...so I was real surprised to see buns! The idea seems amazing, so sad that the yeast didn't work for you. They sure look nice anyway! :)
i said ooooh when i saw your choice for cin/sugar topping. yum!
I never made anything with yeast either. I gave up on them cause mine didnt rise at all! Yours still look so cute!
Biscuits - those were my exact words the very first time I made them.
And, now that I've made them twice, I still don't think I'd go out of my way to make them again. They're just not..... spectacular.
Kudos to you for giving it a try even though you've not had much success with yeast in the past!
~ingrid
Yeah, my first batch were dense biscuits. Too bad they didn't work out for you. I like the cinnamon sugar topping.
I think a few had hockey pucks, LOL. I will try these later, I passed on this week. At least we know what not to do.
Yeesh, yeast has always been a problem for me. So...I tend to buy instead of bake.
I love the sugar replacement, bet they were delish!
Katie xox
Sorry these were problematic, kudos for trying. I really want to do a rewind on these.
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