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    Toutons Maritimes

    Toutons recipe: little pillows of fried bread dough, crisp outside and chewy inside, drowned in butter and molasses. Sunday-morning Atlantic Canada gold.

    ⏱ 15 minPrep time
    🔥 30 minCook time
    🍽 4Servings
    🏷 DinnerCategory
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    Golden fried toutons with butter and molasses, crisp outside chewy inside

    Toutons began as the thrifty cook’s reward: when bread dough was rising, a piece was pinched off, flattened, and fried in the pan — breakfast for the kids before the loaves went in the oven. In Newfoundland and the Maritimes, that humble scrap became a beloved institution of its own.

    Fried until puffed and golden, a touton is crisp on the outside and soft and chewy within, made for a generous slick of butter and a pour of dark molasses. They are best eaten hot, with a pot of tea and no one watching how many you take.

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    Step by stepInstructions

    1. Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm water and let it sit for 5 minutes until foamy.
    2. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl, then add the yeast mixture and softened butter and knead into a soft, elastic dough.
    3. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm spot for about an hour, until doubled.
    4. Pinch off pieces of dough the size of a small fist and flatten them into thick rounds.
    5. Fry the rounds in hot oil or butter in a heavy skillet, about 3 minutes per side, until puffed and deep golden.
    6. Serve hot, drenched in butter and molasses.

    💡 Chef tips & storage

    Toutons are best eaten the minute they come out of the pan, drenched in butter and molasses. Leftover dough can be refrigerated overnight and fried fresh in the morning.

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    Recipe details

    Prep15 min
    Cook30 min
    Servings4
    CategoryDinner
    PublishedAugust 17, 2026
    Emily — the cook behind My Comfort Recipes

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