Kouign amann is a Breton cake. It is a galette, a kind of crêpe, made with brioche dough, butter and sugar. The name derives from the Breton words for cake ("kouign") and butter ("amann"). Kouign amann is a speciality of the village of Douarnenez in Finistère, where it originated in 1865.
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