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The Great British Baking Show Recap: Buns in the Oven


Bread Week proves to be a triumph for the bakers and pun-loving hosts alike.

Sumayah, who is usually aces at all of these bakes, creates some nice sunflowers that the judges don’t love, but at least they’re the unusually shaped and colored buns Alison was hoping to see. Georgie’s is also a miracle with its own fair share of decorations, and Paul calls her chocolate-and-hazelnut rolls “luxurious,” which is a word usually reserved for extra-soft toilet paper. As Noel pointed out earlier, it looks like a Tim Burton creation, and it’s a shame they had to cut into it to sample it because I would have loved to include the whole thing in the shrine I’m building to Dylan (and his buns) in my spare room.

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