At first, these were supposed to be a healthy breakfast. But, you can’t just eat them all by themselves, right? Dulce de Leche pairs just perfect with cocoa buns. Or is it the other way around? Either way, I don’t know what got into M & me that day to eat the whole jar of it. Luckily, I don’t gain weight when eating too much, which I do often :D Later, astounded by all that sugar, I declared how I’ll never eat sugar again, but as soon as M left to work, and I got myself together, I baked that Nesquik Cake. So much for my resolution.
But, don’t let that turn you away from those buns. They are incredible. And dulce de leche is not that bad. If you can control yourself, and don’t eat everything at once ;) I tried couple of recipes for it so far, and in my opinion, the best one is at Chez Pim‘s.
Whole wheat cocoa buns
(recipe slightly adapted from YOYO’s Cooking Blog)
300 g whole wheat flour
5 g salt
180 g water
5 g instant dry yeast
20 g sugar
10 g cocoa powder
1 tsp olive oil
Knead all the ingredients into smooth dough, cover, and leave on a warm place to double it’s size. Shape into buns, and then, with a sharp knife, slash the top of each bun, but very shallow. Let rest for about half an hour and then sprinkle with some flax seeds.
Bake in a preheated oven on 190°C for about 35 minutes.
Note: This is my entry for ajme, koliko nas je, a monthly food blog event, founded by Monsoon, and hosted this month by mamajac of Cooks and Bakes. The theme ingredient for this month is whole wheat flour.
I am sending this to Susan for YeastSpotting.
20 Comments
What pretty looking buns! I bet they taste wonderful!Cheers,Rosa
mislim da bih i ja pojelacijelu teglu dulce e lece da mi je pri ruci samo što ja odmah osjećam taj višak hrane i teško zakopčavam hlače…peciva su divna, a fotke fantastične!
now this is hot! i love the fact you used whole wheat here!
How cute!! I would gobble three or four. But perhaps not with Dulche de leche but with Nutella
I love the idea of having chocolate buns with dulce de leche. Perfect combo!
Mmm… chocolate buns. The perfect snack!
Neobično izgledaju, kao gljive iz nekog drugog svijeta. Super.
Absolutely beautiful cocoa buns!! Even better coupled with dulce de leche…And I’m addicted to dulce de leche lately as I’ve been trying different recipes!
Oh my goodness, those look awesome, Marija! I am so going to have to bookmark them. WW and chocolate is a great and healthy combo!
Those are the cutest buns! An indulgent breakfast – and there’s certainly nothing wrong with that
I love your photos of these Cocoa Buns. They are so simple and beautiful. I’ll have to give the recipe a try.
So creative! Well done.
Izgledaju predivno! Rci mi molim te kako ti je uspjelo prevesti recept sa kineskog??? Zezam se, vjerojatno postoji i engleska verzija bloga, ali ja ju ne mogu naći (a voljela bih)
Love the pictures! Looks really simple and delicious!
These cocoa buns look fantastic. I also can’t imagine anything not be fantastic with dulce de leche.
So pretty. Thanks for sending these beauties to YeastSpotting!
Those look delicious. Nothing like chocolate to start the morning off!
These buns caught my eye when I first saw them and have made them a few times since. I have slightly tweaked the recipe and have posted it on my blog at http://mydiversekitchen.blogspot.com/2009/03/whole-wheat-cocoa-bun-burgers-with.htmlThanks.
i will be making these over the weekend. i love the idea of the slightly bitter kick from cocoa powder. peanut butter would be great with them too.
Extra je sajt.
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