The sweet, crisp cracked topping you see on those dinner buns is called craquelin. With just butter, coconut sugar, flour and blackberry powder, this simple dough gives a really great crunchy texture to the buns. You can add different flavourings or colours to the craquelin to create various baked goods.
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- Cream the butter, coconut sugar and white sugar together. Beat in the flour and blackberry powder and beat until the dough to become crumbly. Knead the craquelin and roll it between two pieces of parchment paper until 2mm thick. Chill at least 4 hours or until ready to use.
- Place all the dough ingredients, except butter, in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer. Mix with a dough hook at slow speed for 1 minute. Increase the speed to the medium, and continue mixing for 3 minutes until dough is formed. Add butter gradually and knead for about 5 minutes on medium speed until gluten is fully developed, i. e. elastic, smooth, non-sticky and leaves from sides of the mixing bowl.
- Turn out the dough and shape into a ball. Lightly grease the mixing bowl. Return the dough ball into the greased mixing bowl. Cover it with a plastic film or a kitchen towel. Leave it in a warm place until dough is double in volume.
- Punch the dough down to release the air produced in the proofing process. Divide dough into 6 even portions and round up. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes at the room temperature. Gently press it down to release the air and shape into a round. Place it on a parchment-lined baking tray. Repeat with the rest of dough balls.
- Cover the buns with a plastic wrap and proof for 45 minutes until almost double in volume. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F.
- Take craquelin out from the fridge and using a round cookie cutter about the same diameter of the buns, cut out circles of the dough and set them on top of the buns. Bake the buns for 25-28 minutes until the tops browned and cracked.
73 comments:
Oh yum, I have never seen anything like that before, what a lovely idea, yum!:)
Neat recipe! I knew what craquelin was, but never knew its name. Love learning new things! :-)
I've never had craquelin before, but boy-oh-boy do these look mighty tasty!! And the flavors you used are so original! I'm dying over the addition of blackberry powder! YUM! I bet these are addictive!
Awesome buns Angie and loving that blackberry craquelin topping, sounds so good.
What a beatiful flavor Angie...saffron and orange...thank you so much for the idea as I love to bake...
Have a great rest of the week!
Ohh, Angie, these have my name written all over them! Gonna love these, I know!
Another fabulous looking treat! the topping looks interesting
These saffron infused buns are absolutely divine. Just love the pretty crackly top!
They look so perfect and yum. Wish I could get my hands on a couple right away :)
Don't want none unless you got - BUNS HUNNN! hahahahaha! Sorry, that song totally came to mind when reading this, I couldn't resist!
YUM! They look delicious.
These are such unique buns! And they sound delicious!
Love these buns ANgie, looks beautiful, have a nice weekend!
ooh, love the idea of having the crunchy topping on the buns. :) have a nice weekend Angie
The buns look cute and good to eat with the crust topping.
Gorgeous buns Angie! We have a similar bread here and call them little black cakes. Have a great weekend!
Your recipe is fascinating -- so many ingredients that are unfamiliar and that I don't have on hand. I would be afraid to tackle something so challenging, but I would really love to taste it.
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I've been binging The Great British Baking Show, and someone on there made buns with craquelin. I had no idea what it was called. I'm so glad to see a recipe for it! I absolutely love blueberry, so these buns are calling out to me.
So delightfully different, Angie! I never had anything like it before but the saffon, orange and blackberry crunchy topping sounds so good!
These are quite different. I've never heard of craquelin, but I love the look it gives the buns as well of the flavor I'm sure it imparts. Very creative and delicious Angie.
Delicious!!
Your creations are endless ! Beautiful one pinned to edible flowers board thanks to amazing saffron :-)
Wow, that craquelin topping sure makes for a beautiful, unique presentation. Plus, they sound delicious!! I'd definitely love one with my tea :)
wao these are looking like a lava chocolate in it great presented recipe thanks angie for sharing :)
I love that cracklin' top! These look great, Angie!
new for me, but look delicious...yummy....
Thank you for sharing your recipe
Wow these look amazing. That craquelin on top makes them stand out. I'd love to try a couple of these.
I love these Angie! They look like the Mexican sweet buns I used to get when I lived in the southwest. I miss them!
These are like nothing I've ever seen before! They look amazing though and very unique!
Really interesting looking buns, I have never seen anything similar. I would love to taste one.
Wow totally gourmet!
contente de vous lire ça a l'air appétissant et gourmand
bonne soirée
these look fun almost like a Mexican pastry.
You got me at the saffron. I look for excuses to have saffron. I will have two of those please 😋
I have only tried the original ones of these from a bakery so I can only imagine how good yours are! Do you deliver?!
Wow, Angie! I've never heard of craquelin before but it sure looks delicious! The flavor in this buns is just amazing!
Very interesting and they look so cute with that topping. I'd love to eat one in one go now!
It sounds very interesting. And looks very delicious :)
I keep learning about new ingredients here and I'm so intrigued. Next on my list to try is blackberry powder. Love it, and of course these look amazing. :-) ~Valentina
I like the craquelin top, sounds really good to me. This is a unique good recipe to try. Thanks, Angie!
these look wonderful angie. what a pretty top they have, and i love that name too. french i guess?:-) have a good weekend. cheers sherry
These resemble the "Rotiboy" Mexican coffee buns that used to be popular in some parts of Asia. The taste are definitely miles apart but the brown cracked craquelin really reminded me of Mexican coffee buns :p
Hello, it looks really very yummy.
Ooh, blackberry powder. Here you go again leading me off on a search for new ingredients 😂
Like what tigerfish says, this looks like "roti-boy" and I never knew they are called craquelin. The roundness is perfection.
They look like a piece of art!! This is the first time I am seeing craquelin being used. beautiful!!
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