Bear Claws

[abrimmer]

Wow, these look absloutely AMAZING! I can't wait to try them!!

[sarahanne4animals]

omg my bf is gonna flip when i make these!! this looks like a great recipe! i'll post again when i try it! thnks

[~treehugginghippiefreak~]

I just made this recipe.  I am not sure what happened but the dough was stiff, tough and very hard to work with.  It was so hard to work with that I had to make it into a strudel-ly type thing instead of bear claws.  It looks pretty and tastes good but the dough is still tough.  I will try the recipe again because my son likes it and maybe I did something wrong or left out an ingredient although I don't think so.  I make bread all the time so I am use to working with dough...I will post again when I make them again. My sons were at home while I was making them so maybe I was distracted and forgot to add something.  : O

[~treehugginghippiefreak~]

Sorry, I didn't mean to post the pic with the review....lol I don't know how to fix it either!

[oktokrewl]

Hehe no problem about posting the pic in the review.. it's pretty ..

but there are a few things i can think of that would have made your dough tough..

first, I am super lazy and never knead my dough as long as it says.. I prolly kneaded it for 4 instead of 8 minutes..

second, i live in the caribbean and it is really hot and humid here, so maybe my dough had more moisture in it and was able to rise more?

third, i dont actually measure my yeast cuz i have a large bag of it, so its possible i poured more than the recipe called for..

and lastly, i really dont think the "whole wheat flour" here on the island is actually whole wheat flour.. I have heard rumors that it is actually white flour with wheat bran added back in, but have never been able to confirm anything.. they sell it in clear plastic bags.. in my experience, white flour is much softer and rises alot more than wheat, so there is that..

anyways.. I really hope it works out for you, cuz they were sooo good.. my husband doesnt like food very much and he ate these like everyday for a week, which is saying alot

good luck and let me know what happens!

[Lorettabird]

I made these and my non-vegetarian family loved them.  However, the ingredients state "baking powder" while the directions state "baking soda."  Can Oktokrewl comment on which it's supposed to be?

[oktokrewl]

uh oh! sorry.. i usually try to re-read over my recipes better! it is supposed to be baking powder..

i guess if you use baking soda instead they will just be a bit more biscuit-y.. but i meant for it to be bakind powder

[PegLegMasochist]

I LOVE these- they are sooo yummy. I made them for some friends [not vegan] yesterday morning and they loved them too. I reccomend that everybody try this recipe. 

[Ashlberry]

I tired making these a few days ago.... something went wrong. Like one of the previous post my dough was also very stiff. Too stiff to work with, I ended up throwing it out actually. I do a lot of baking, breads and pastries, so I'm not really sure what I did wrong, or if it's the measurements in the recipe. They look so yummy and pretty in the picture, I was so sad that mine didn't come out. I'll probably try making them again some day. Maybe with a little bit more yeast and using regular flour instead of half WW flour and regular.

[spearoflight]

I made these a few days ago and loveeed them so much.  I did have to add maybe 1/4 cup of water to make the dough easy to work with.. so next time I'll make more of the special liquid mix in the beginning.
Was going to take pictures.. but my camera battery was out  so I'll have to make these again soon, what a shame
It kinda got scary when the dough didn't rise.. and I saw people saying they had problems, but in the end it all worked out and my stomach was very satisfied.  Thanks for the recipe 

[keda]

it didn't rise well for me too, but it was my fault.
this recipe is great! claws look soo cute. i didn't have any nuts so i added raisins.
next time i'll try this with cabbage or bell pepper-onion-tomato filling.. ^^;

[Shamandura]

I thought these were good, but the dough was horrible to work with. It was soo stiff! I want able to roll it out as large as I wanted...wasnt strong enough..hehe!

[oktokrewl]

huh.. yeah i guess from the reviews the dough is just too stiff.. i guess add about 1/4 cup liquid to fix that and they should be nice and fluffy

i really think these worked out so well for me cuz it was so warm and humid when i made the recipe.. i havent tried making them again since ive been back in CA.. i'll try it out with the 1/4 cup extra liquid.. the first time i made them the dough was actually quite soft.. like cinnamon roll dough or something.. its possible i mis-measured, i just dont know..

im glad they tasted good tho!

[oktokrewl]

ok.. i am making these again right now to fix the recipe.. the dough is rising as i type..

i guess i just mis-wrote when i wrote this recipe.. for sure 1/2 cup of liquid is not nearly enough..

i increased the liquid up to 1 cup total (used 1 cup soymilk and just omitted the water cuz i have a bunch of soymilk in the fridge i wanna use up), increased the flour a 1/4 cup up to 2 1/2 cups and upped the coconut oil from 2 1/2 teaspoons to 3 teaspoons (which is 1 tablespoon btw )

the dough is smooth and knead-able and is rising wonderfully.. so just up the liquid to 1 cup total and the recipe should be perfect.. sorry about that for everyone who already tried this out..