On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:48:17 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2017-12-16 11:27 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:15:09 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-12-16 9:17 AM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Question - what are "butter letters"?
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> Dutch Christmas tradition.
>>
>> https://patch.com/new-jersey/wyckoff...tmas-tradition
>>
>Have you ever made Suikerbrood or Sugar Bread? It is basically a brioche
>type dough in which pieces of crushed sugar cubes are incorporated. On
>baking, they dissolve leaving little holes throughout the bread. I got
>the recipe from a book on Dutch baking that my ex gave me (her husband
>is Dutch). The book describes butter letters but doesn't give a recipe.
>I have some crushed maple sugar in the cupboard and have thought of
>making a Canadian version.
>Graham


Similar to Kouign Amann?

https://www.davidlebovitz.com/long-live-the-k/

On 2017-12-16 3:33 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:48:17 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2017-12-16 11:27 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:15:09 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2017-12-16 9:17 AM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Question - what are "butter letters"?
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dutch Christmas tradition.
>>>
>>> https://patch.com/new-jersey/wyckoff...tmas-tradition
>>>
>> Have you ever made Suikerbrood or Sugar Bread? It is basically a brioche
>> type dough in which pieces of crushed sugar cubes are incorporated. On
>> baking, they dissolve leaving little holes throughout the bread. I got
>> the recipe from a book on Dutch baking that my ex gave me (her husband
>> is Dutch). The book describes butter letters but doesn't give a recipe.
>> I have some crushed maple sugar in the cupboard and have thought of
>> making a Canadian version.
>> Graham
>
>
> Similar to Kouign Amann?
>
> https://www.davidlebovitz.com/long-live-the-k/
>
No. It looks like an ordinary tinned fruit loaf with the sugar holes in
place of the raisins.

On 2017-12-16 3:37 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-12-16 3:33 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:48:17 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-12-16 11:27 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:15:09 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2017-12-16 9:17 AM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Question - what are "butter letters"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dutch Christmas tradition.
>>>>
>>>> https://patch.com/new-jersey/wyckoff...tmas-tradition
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Have you ever made Suikerbrood or Sugar Bread? It is basically a brioche
>>> type dough in which pieces of crushed sugar cubes are incorporated. On
>>> baking, they dissolve leaving little holes throughout the bread. I got
>>> the recipe from a book on Dutch baking that my ex gave me (her husband
>>> is Dutch). The book describes butter letters but doesn't give a recipe.
>>> I have some crushed maple sugar in the cupboard and have thought of
>>> making a Canadian version.
>>> Graham
>>
>>
>> Similar to Kouign Amann?
>>
>> https://www.davidlebovitz.com/long-live-the-k/
>>
> No. It looks like an ordinary tinned fruit loaf with the sugar holes in
> place of the raisins.
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikerbrood