Kouign-amann

Originating from Brittany in France, this is a round crusty pastry, made with yeast dough containing layers of butter and sugar folded in, similar in fashion to feuilletage (puff pastry) albeit with fewer layers. The resulting pastry is baked until the butter puffs up the dough and the sugar caramelizes. The name derives from the language of the region Breton; the words for cake (kouign) and butter (amann) kouign-amann is a speciality of the town Douarenez in Finistère, in the