Recipe for Cinnamon-Date Sticky Buns

[BakerAunt]

Bon Appetit's "Basically" email had an interesting recipe for Cinnamon-Date Sticky Buns:

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/cinnamon-date-sticky-buns?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ba&utm_mailing=BA_BASICALLY_041120&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c93032824c17c329bff212e&cndid=44882808&esrc=10x10_sweeps&utm_campaign=BA_BASICALLY_041120&utm_term=BA_Basically

It is nice to see a recipe that does not require copious amounts of butter. I do think that the instructions are somewhat on the fussy side, and if I give this recipe a try, I might simplify. I would likely use a bread machine rather than a food processor, but the recipe developer is likely assuming, correctly, that more people might have a food processor than a bread machine. I'm not a fan of the folding, although I know that it often serves an important purpose. I'd use a 10-inch round pan rather than a cast iron skillet, and I'd grease with Crisco instead of using oil.

I won't be trying it for a while, as I don't have the Medjool dates (and I have a good supply of Hot Cross Buns), but I'll tuck the recipe into my future baking pile.

One thing that I hate about Bon Appetit affiliated recipes is that they are not environmentally printer friendly. It forces you to print the equipment list, whether you need it or not. At least I can adjust the page range so as not to print the last page which has no recipe information.

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[Joan Simpson]

These look nice BakerAunt.

[Mike Nolan]

I'm not sure ANY recipe site gets printing right (and my own site is currently a good example of how NOT to do it), and most seem to waste at least one page at the end, but theirs is one of the more annoying ones.

I find if I want a printed copy of a recipe I found online I often tend to do a cut and paste into a word document and only print what I want.

[BakerAunt]

I've done the cut and paste, but some recipe sites make it so difficult--only allowing you to catch a certain amount of text at a time (and I think BA is one of those annoying ones)--that I usually give up and just print.

Epicurious--which I think BA took over--actually does a pretty good job with printing.

What I would like is for my printing program to allow me to edit then print. I'd get rid of the ads, and the annoying lists I don't need, and save paper and toner.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by BakerAunt.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by BakerAunt.

[Mike Nolan]

Firefox's print button has a 'simplify page' feature, but it does something really weird for this menu, it doesn't show the recipe at all, just some kind of disclaimer block.

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