Hey everyone. So yesterday was a “lazy” day for me. Most people wouldn’t call is lazy since I was baking all day and playing with ferrets! It was my day off and were getting down on supplies so I thought I would make a tutorial on how to make my favorite comfort food. Toutons(A.k.a Newfie bread pancakes).
I learned how to make these from my husband. As most people know he is from St-John newfoundland, Born and raised. I moved to St-Johns with him for a year and we moved back down to New Brunswick. Our method isn’t quite traditional. We use whole wheat bread.
First you will need a bread dough recipe. Any will do, We use our basic whole wheat bread recipe.
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tbsp Milk(I use almond but this time we were out so it does fine without milk at all)
3 cups of whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp agave nectar(Or honey, sugar, brown sugar etc)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp yeast
First fill your measuring cup with a cup and a half of warm water, then put in your olive oil.
Pour the water and oil mixture into your bread machine pan
Put three cups of flour into the pan(We had to use the last of the four XD
With your thumb make a small indent in the flour and pour your yeast into it
Then pour your salt and agave nectar. If you have a timer and want to wait to turn it on. I suggest putting the agave nectar into your water mixture but since were turning it on right away it doesn’t matter.
Now set your bread machine to dough setting and turn on. You can tell our bread machine is well loved. Also a word of advice that I know is obvious but should be said. MAKE SURE that your bread machine is not able to rock off the counter while on. If need be, Put a towel under it. We almost broke out bread machine the first time we used it.
and away it goes.
Now you want to make sure that your bread ends up in a nice ball of dough. If its too dry, add a tsp of water at a time, if its too wet, add a bit of flower. This should only be done after the first beep or close to it. Sometimes your machine can take a while to get that dough.
Now It’s a waiting game :), But not as long as when your making an actual loaf!
And done! Now we can start making our toutons!
Now this part here is VERY important for Newfoundlander’s. You CANNOT forget to put the kettle on for your tea! XD. This is a kettle I bought him after our last small pots bottom got burnt while he was making tea and he started trying to use our 12 quart Paderno pot we got as a wedding present to make tea! Note to self: Need to go get a few more smaller pots when I have the time. XD I think its the appliance we get the most use of. He loves his tea almost as much as he loves his coffee.
Now to make the toutons you need a bowl of flour and a plate with a sprinkling of flour. You can use your cutting board also but we find its cleaner to use a plate instead since you don’t need a huge surface.
Use a knife to cut the dough to size.
Then throw them into the flour bowl and get it coated so its not sticky. Then flatten and round it with your fingers. Until you have a small thin bread pancake
Now put about 1-2 tbsp of olive oil in the pan and make sure its nice and hot before you put your toutons in
Cook until they start to rise but don’t let them burn
Flip and let cook on other side
Then plate and serve with your favorite topping. I like maple syrup but you can use jam, almond or peanut butter, Molasses(Hubby loves this one)
Hope you enjoyed our first Recipe tutorial!
Enjoy
Camille and Al(Hubby tends to make the toutons)
wow those look good and soo0 simple =o) love it
Thanks! And If you have a bread machine, Yes they are! Their also great if your making any kind of bread by hand and have leftovers. This is how we started making them. I would make bread by hand and Al would beg me for leftover dough to make toutons.
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Where do you find agave syrup you used in the routines?
I actually dont use it anymore ive been reading some articles that show that it might not be as good as it says and deffinetly not for diabetics. But I would get it at superstore, bulk barn or the corn crib(That is a specialty organics store)
BTW—My mom who would make us toutons when it was a bread baking day, always told us to start your toutons on a very low temp., so as to give them a chance to rise, somewhat, before browning them, which is what I always do. They are yummy!
Transplanted Newfie,
Living in Burlington,ON.
PS. Homemade turkey soup & toutons for supper tonight.