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Babas with Cognac Recipe

Using Julia Child's recipe from The French Chef in muffin tins and look how cute they are, like little children all dressed up and ready to go...my little bebe baba! We followed Julia's recipe exactly except for the fact that we cognac instead of rum.  Recipe From: The French Chef by Julia Child Ingredient (dough) 11/2 cups/187g all purpose flour measured by the scoop and scrape method 1 tablespoon/15ml sugar 1/8 teaspoon/.5ml salt 2 1/4 teaspoons/11ml yeast 3 tablespoons/15ml water lukewarm 2 large eggs 1/4 cup butter/57.4g (half a stick) melted and cooled to tepid Directions (dough)  Mix the yeast, sugar, and water, stir and dissolve. Let it “prove or proof” for 4-5 minutes Place the rest of dry ingredients in the mixer, make a well and add the yeast mixture in the center. With the dough hook on your mixer set to # 2 start to mix, adding the eggs and butter as you do. It will be sticky but after 1 minute - if it doesn't start to form a sloppy b