Ingredients:
400g Bread Flour
1 cup and a splash Whole Milk (about 225mil)
4 Egg Yolks
1 pinch Salt
2 teaspoon White Sugar
2 teaspoon Instant Yeast
— Layering —
2 Tablespoon Salted Butter, softened
3 Tablespoon Light Brown Sugar
— Topping —
1 teaspoon White Sugar
Instructions:
1) Mix all ingredients (except for Layering and Topping ingredients) and knead into a soft dough. It will be very very sticky at first, over time it will become smooth and elastic (it took about 20 minutes for me). Form a ball, place in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap with a few holes in it, and let rise for about 45 minutes to 1 hour until double in size.
2) Dust a flat surface with flour, cut the dough in half, and mould each half into about a 6×6 square, let rest about 10 minutes
3) Roll out to 1/10″ in a long rectangle shape then let rest for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes roll until about 1/16″ keeping that long rectangle.
4) Brush with the soft butter in a very thin layer and sprinkle with the Brown Sugar.
5) Using a pizza cutter cut into 4 long strips and lay on top of each other with Butter side up to make four layers. Roll this up tightly and place end piece (where the end of the dough meets the roll) down on a dish. Repeat for second ball of dough. Place in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
6) Cut in half (the sharper the knife the better) and place cut side up on a tray with about 4-5″ between them. Put in fridge for 45 minutes.
7) Pre-heat oven to 370 degrees about 20 minutes into step 6
8) On a greased baking sheet (I used Pam and did step 6 on a greased baking sheet so I wouldn’t have to transfer the dough and maybe squish it) transfer the dough here if not already there about 4″ apart.
9) Sprinkle lightly with White Sugar and bake for 30-40 minutes or until dark golden Brown. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack til cool.
Future Attempts: My roommate pointed out that these would taste great with some almond paste in the layering and I was toying with whisking some jam into the butter for the layer. If these ideas turn out well I’ll make sure to post an update!