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A Tidy Way to Portion Sticky Buns

When making our Cook's Illustrated Sticky Buns, cutting the rolled dough cylinder into buns can be tricky. Here’s how we make a tidier, easier job of it.

When making our Sticky Buns (see related content), cutting the rolled dough cylinder into buns can be tricky—the soft dough sticks to the knife, or the dough flattens and tears. Here’s how we make a tidier, easier job of it.

Hold strand of plain dental floss taut and slide under cylinder of dough. Cross floss ends over each other, then pull ends to cut off clean, neat portion of dough.

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