BBD#19 – Sausage buns

腸仔飽 (Sausage buns)

Ever seen something like this in a Hong Kong style bakery?

Mark Sinclair’s Portuguese Sweet Bread

Portuguese Sweet Bread

– What’s a portuguese roll?
– Ohhhhhhhh, it’s verrrrrrrry good.

So said Michael Stern during the April 4th episode of The Splendid Table.

Pineapple and raisin cream cheese buns

Pineapple and raisin cream cheese buns

My mom handed me a bag of dried, bite-sized pieces of pineapple.

“You bake all sorts of things, right? Can you make something with this?”

Garlic Buns

Garlic Buns

If you read my previous post, you might be wondering: why did I have garlic butter on hand anyway?

Here’s why.