Monday, December 13, 2010

Cinnamon Sticks and Sweet Sour Cream

After Feast I intended to spend the afternoon reading about artisan breads, but saw one photograph and got side-tracked. The craftsman had used tiny scissors to clip a pattern into a bread stick. I wanted to try that!

I made a sweet dough, using left-over sour cream, eggs, flour, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Kneaded the dough, rolled it into long sticks, then dusted them with cinnamon and sugar.

It was easy, cutting the patterns, but I cut only two, as I wasn't sure if the sweet dough would hold up during baking.

As it turned out, the cut dough held, the flavor was delightful, and I now have a bunch of sticks standing in a drinking glass. These are dipped into sweetened sour cream.