fun with pastry dough

Now, when I started this blog, I thought I'd only be making new recipes to blog about. But there are some items that I make often, like KAF's cinnamon sticks and toaster tarts. They're just so good! I've played with the recipes a little, making the dough with whole wheat flour once, and filling them with goodies other than cinnamon-sugar. Today I saw mini palmiers at Trader Joe's. I've stopped buying things I can bake myself, so I passed them by but thought "Why can't I make my own with the cinnamon stick dough?" So I decided to try.

My addiction

I've found my weakness, KAF's cinnamon twists. I literally cannot get enough of them. I've been making them almost every week this month.
Last night I made the dough, and to make it a little more healthy (not possible with two sticks of butter, right?) I used 1 cup of white whole wheat flour instead of using all AP flour. And since I don't have a pastry blender (yet) I got dirty and mixed the butter in by hand. (This is pre-mixed, I didn't want to get my camera buttery)

Noon Rogani Bread

Even though my husband and I are going away for the long weekend, I decided I still wanted to bake today. Since I've been on a cinammon kick lately, I decided to make noon rogani bread. I made it once this spring when KAF first emailed me about the new recipe. It came out okay, but not great. I thought I'd give it another go.

I made the dough, as stated in the recipe, letting the flour, yeast and water rest after mixing. This does not look like the "slurry" they describe in the recipe, but I kept going.