Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Levain Bakery Whole Wheat Walnut Raisin Rolls (or a Taste of NYC)

So here I am, in my worst pijamas ever, craving Levain Bakery's (74th and Amsterdam Ave.) walnut raisin whole wheat rolls that I used to have for breakfast while living in the city.  Crave them so much that a friend of mine actually flew with a whole bunch all the way to Peru (really appreciate it !!!)
The recipe is posted online quite accurately (http://www.levainbakery.com/baking/recipies/whole-wheat-raisin-walnut-rolls.aspx) so thanks to Levain Bakery's generosity I get a taste of my NYC morning here in Peru.
I used whole wheat flour as instructed but added gluten because bread flour or high gluten flour is not available here in Peru.  Also, I used half the amount of raisins as I found that the whole bunch was a little bit to much for my taste (would include extra walnuts though!)
They weren't ready for my Sunday breakfast but after two days they were just . Probably thanks to my so perfect cooking aid who so perfectly took care of oven time:

I love the look of the rolls with its crust of white flour, so much like the originals!

1 comment:

  1. I definitely need a helper like yours!!! Makes cooking so much fun! Thank you for bringing this amazing buns over! DELICIOUS!

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