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Toutons

Name: Toutons
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 1 1/2 tsp Dry yeast; 2 tsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 200ml Lukewarm water; 30g Butter; To taste Maple Syrup

Snack

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

A Newfoundland breakfast of bread dough pan-fried in butter or lard and drizzled with molasses.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Toutons are a traditional Newfoundland breakfast that began with tearing off bits of dough on bread-baking day and frying them. They're crisp outside and chewy inside, eaten with molasses or maple syrup. They're still a morning staple at diners across the island.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a diner near the harbor in St. John's, fishermen pour dark molasses over crisp toutons and eat breakfast with strong coffee.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread flour 300g
Dry yeast 1 1/2 tsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Lukewarm water 200ml
Butter 30g
Maple Syrup To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the bread flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and lukewarm water, and knead 10 minutes until smooth.
Cover and let rise somewhere warm for 1 hour, until doubled.
Divide into 8 and press each into an 8cm disc about 1.5cm thick.
Let rest about 15 minutes.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and cook over medium-low heat for 4 minutes per side until golden.
Drizzle with maple syrup while hot.

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