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Representatives of Dan Lepard have asked me to remove this recipe for flaky butter buns.
I think I may have overfed Larry a bit last night. I came home this evening to find him trying to escape from the jar!
Having cleaned him up and fed him, I've moved him to the kitchen windowsill, which is colder. Hopefully this will help him to calm down a bit!
Well, I think it turned out ok, really. It's very rich, but not as sweet as I expected — the flavour is very similar to croissants, which is unsurprising as they both use basically the same ingredients.
Like all inexperienced bakers, I worried a lot about the dough being too sticky and probably added a little bit too much flour while kneading. The solution to that is to use a decent scraper. I also think I probably worked it too much after adding the butter and shortened the gluten a bit, as it's gone a bit cakey in spite of using strong bread flour.
Not sure if I'll try it again any time soon, or try a bunch of other things first.
