- 1 inch slices of stale french bread (doesn't have to be stale but that is what recipe reads) • melted butter • dark brown sugar (lightly packed) • cane syrup • chopped pecans • eggs • milk • heavy cream • cinnamon • nutmeg • vanilla extract • hazelnut liqueur •
French bread flour (or use 80% bread flour to 20% cake flour) • Instant dry yeast • Salt • Malt powder (if you have some) • Water • Sliced bacon • Black pepper
◆Bread (strong) flour • ◆Cake flour • ◆Sugar • ◆Salt • ◆Dry yeast • ◆Black sesame seeds (or white if you prefer) • ◆Lukewarm water (cold water in the summer) • Joshinko or bread flour • Banneton (round bread pan with ridges) • Stainless steel bowl