Morning Buns

Name: Morning Buns
Yield: Makes 12 buns
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 ounces; 425 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 24 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices and chilled; 1 cup, sour cream, chilled; 1/4 cup, orange juice, chilled; 3 tablespoons, ice water; 1 , large egg yolk; 1/2 cup (3½ ounces; 99 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup packed (3½ ounces; 99 grams), light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, grated orange zest; 2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2011, Cook's Country TV

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Decadent cinnamon buns meet flaky croissant pastry.

SERVESMakes 12 buns

TIME2 hours, plus 4 hours chilling and 20 minutes rising

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Instead of using complicated croissant dough for our Morning Buns, we switched to a quick puff pastry recipe. When we tried to incorporate the butter into our dough with a rolling pin, we wound up creating a mess. To streamline the process,...

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