This reminds me of King's Hawiian bread with a slice of pineapple and a cherry on top. I love that bread, Oh and some shredded coconut beside the cherry !
I sure wish I could taste Joy like you do :( I'm one of the stale beer people. This looks yummy though. Just I've noticed recipes that contain joy seems to be a major contributing factor of the flavor profile, and just isn't good when it's omitted.
My taste buds usually tell me beer when it comes to FA's Joy but every once in a while I hit the right combo for me and I get a nice breadiness / yeast roll like. In this recipe the mix comes off as a sweet bread I truly believe it is the liquid Amber coconut and joy doing this
The pineapple prob helps somewhere in there as well in reminding me of an Hawaiian bread roll.
I might give it a shot just to try it then. I've only had 1 recipe in many that it worked and gave me that fried yummy yeastiness. Maybe I just haven't been getting the right combo/percentages. I will experiment with it some more...it's been awhile. Thank you :)
Well while your at it take a look at my CRONUT recipe it too uses Joy but at a low % it may change your mind or at least open you up to being able to use it again : )