Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Dutch Crunch Bread


Sara and Erica of Baking JDs were our March 2012 Daring Baker hostesses! Sara & Erica challenged us to make Dutch Crunch bread, a delicious sandwich bread with a unique, crunchy topping. Sara and Erica also challenged us to create a one of a kind sandwich with our bread!

I'd never heard of these rolls before, though they reminded me a little of the Marco Polo bagel that Wegmans sells. Ah Wegmans... Ok, I'm back. I'm in a near constant state of Wegmans withdrawal so you'll have to excuse me.


I made these pretty much as soon as I could, my biweekly day off falling just a few days after this month's recipe was posted. So I scrambled around and gathered the necessary ingredients together and got started.


You can find the recipe here.

I got to use my much under appreciated doughhook on my Kitchenaide, and things came together nicely. The topping confused me a little, seeming thick enough when I left it to set for the ten minutes, but then it dripped around a bit when it was time to slather it onto the rolls. I think things turned out pretty well. Though I got the more giraffe spotty look as opposed to the larger cracks running down. I didn't mind too much, they still tasted good.

I ended up going with a fairly basic (but quite tasty!) sandwich: turkey, cheddar, and apple.

And in other news... I now have rice flour sitting around. Any recipe suggestions?