Newfoundland Touton Breakfast

Course: Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine: Newfoundland

Prep Time: 35

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 45

Servings: servings

Calories: 442kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Every Newfoundlander knows well the taste of a properly prepared touton. The simplicity of these, combined with patience, is what makes them so good! The only question that remains is what do you top them with? Serve toutons with eggs and bacon for a complete breakfast!

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Ingredients

1 pound prepared bread dough (or pizza dough)
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon cooking oil
2 tablespoons salted butter
4 tablespoons molasses

Instructions

Evenly divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and set it on a floured cutting board. Dust the tops of the dough balls with flour and cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel. Set the dough balls aside for 25-30 minutes to rest and rise.
When you are ready to prepare the toutons, add the cooking oil and butter to a large skillet over low heat. Don’t be tempted to increase the heat to cook the toutons faster. Toutons are best when fried slowly on a lower heat.
Once the dough balls have rested, they should have flattened out a bit. If they have not, go ahead and use the palm of your hand to flatten the dough balls to about a ½ inch thick. Add 4 balls of dough to the skillet while maintaining as much space between each of them as possible. Keeping the heat low, fry the dough until they are a deep, golden brown. This will take about 4-5 minutes. Flip them over and fry for an additional 4-5 minutes.
Remove the toutons from the skillet and transfer them to a sheet pan lined with a wire cooling rack. Set them into a 250 degrees F preheated oven while you cook the remaining 4 dough balls.
Once the toutons have all been prepared and are resting in the preheated oven, go ahead and prepare as much bacon and as many eggs as you will need to serve your family. To serve, plate one or two toutons per person. Toutons are traditionally served with a good drizzle of fancy molasses, however, some people like to eat them with a spoonful of homemade jam smeared over top.

Notes

Nutritional information does not account for any additions such as the bacon or eggs.

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