Holmesian Cat Buns

The other day, Mrs. Hudson's friend Judith commented on the popularity of social media posts that involve cats, food, or Sherlock Holmes. When the Facebook Brain Trust replied with the suggestion that a combination of all three would be the best of all, Mrs. Hudson attempted to break the Internet with some hot Holmesian cat buns. Here's how they turned out:

How to:
Prepare a shape-able bread dough. Mrs. Hudson used this recipe:
www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/turtle-bread/02a87ed3-d9ae-4488-8985-15ab094e1b97

Shape the dough into balls. Roll a cylinder of dough and make diagonal cuts to create ears. Add 2 ears to each ball, tucking them underneath a bit so they attach securely during the baking.

 

For Holmes cats, shape a deerstalker cap out of a circle of dough topped by two half-circles for the flaps. For Watson, omit the cap and add a couple of small pieces of dough for a mustache.

Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown. Add chocolate chips or raisins for eyes and drawn on facial details with piped icing or a food coloring pen. Add a small twine bow to the top of the deerstalker cap. Brush your buns with melted butter to make them shiny.

We can't all be Photoshopped, so old-fashioned lady that Mrs. Hudson is, she feels that honesty is the best policy and would like to mention that it's actually kind of tricky to form Holmes' hat. They tend to puff up strangely during the baking and quite a few of them turned out looking something like this:

Still good with butter and jam. Me-ow!